Subseries contains articles about wild blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium Ait) production and marketing in Eastern Canada and Maine. They are from the Agdex collection and include articles, bibliographies, research reports, newsletters, and abstracts. Topics covered include horticulture, management, crop culture, varieties, improvement harvesting, storage, processing, products – utilization, soil management, soil fertility, fertilizers, insects - diseases - pests, entomology, plant insects, plant pathology, weeds. rodents and pests, crop buildings and equipment, field machinery, production economics, and marketing. Records were published between 1950-1998.
File contains journal articles relating to blueberries, topics include plant growth and development, surveys, genetics, cytology, growth factors, species variety, fruit yield, breeding, etc., published between 1960-1983.
File contains journal articles relating to blueberries, topics include plant growth and development, species variety, fruit yield, plant physiology, frost effects, pathology, etc., published between 1960-1983.
File contains journal articles relating to blueberries, topics include sugar levels, hormone production, volatile production, plant growth and development, blueberry industry, species variety, home gardening, and preservation, published between 1963-1991.
File contains journal articles relating to blueberries, topics include species variety, growing techniques, fruit yields, growth factors, plant growth and development, germination factors, parthenogenesis, etc., published between 1955-1981.
File contains journal articles relating to blueberries, topics include propagation, fruit development, growth factors, seedlings, plant growth and development, effects of pruning, species variety, etc., published between 1958-1986.
File contains journal articles relating to blueberries, topics include species variety, genetic inheritance, fruit development and yield, pollination, breeding, plant growth and development, seedlings, harvesting, etc., published between 1954-1989.
File contains journal articles relating to blueberries, topics include the effects of nutrient and fertilizer variation on plant growth, growth factors, seedlings, pathology, effects of fungicides, effects of insecticides, fruit yield, plant care, pollination, etc., published between 1954-1989.
File contains journal articles relating to blueberries, topics include weed variety, weed control, plant distribution, herbicides, etc., published between 1971-1985.
File contains journal articles relating to blueberries, topics include growing factors, bird control, species variety, and production, published between 1971-1985.
File contains the "The School of Agriculture 1885 - 1905" by Harvey W. MacPhee ; 1985, "The Nova Scotia School of Horticulture 1894-1904" by Sean D. Smith ; 1987, and "Alexander Forrester and the Establishment of a Normal School" by Robert P Harvey ; 1989.
File contains an outline of the goals of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in serving the agricultural industry and the four Atlantic provinces. The brief mentions the unique role of the institution in the post-secondary educational system.
File contains "A brief to the Maritime Provinces Higher Education Commission" by the New Brunswick Institute of Agrologists, March 15, 1977. Also included is a copy of a "Brief to the Maritime Provinces Higher Education Commission" presented by Nova Scotia Institute of Agrologists, April 15, 1977, Halifax, N.S. Both reports support the development of the four year degree program at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, and even that the institute operate separate from the N.S. Department of Agriculture.
Item is a copy of the booklet Bringing worlds together : Dalhousie's campaign for transformational change : case for support. A brochure for the university’s new $750-million fundraising campaign beginning at Dalhousie University. Dalhousie will invest in enhanced and new programs, supports, and facilities with far-reaching impacts. For example, the university plans to create more scholarships to ensure that every qualified student has the financial support they need for a Dalhousie education. There were events launch events held at Dalhousie’s Student Union Building in Halifax Tuesday (April 2) and in Bible Hill in the Student Learning Commons of the MacRae Library Thursday (April 4).
