BLUE 277 



DWARF BLUEBERRY 



Vaccinium Pennsylvanicum Huckleberry Family 



Fruit. — The globular blue berries are covered 

 with bloom. They grow in clusters at the ends 

 of the branches. The five calyx teeth are very 

 prominent. Each berry contains many small 

 seeds and is usually ten-celled. June, July. 



Leaves. — The oval-lanceolate leaves are stem- 

 less and acute at both ends. The teeth are 

 minute and bristle-like. Each surface is shining, 

 but the lower one is lighter green than the upper. 

 They are alternate in arrangement. In autumn 

 they change to red colorings and fall early. 



Floivers. — The white bell-shaped flowers grow 

 in few-flowered racemes. 



This is a dwarf shrub, with rough green 

 branches, which are thickly covered with tiny 

 white, raised dots. It is the earliest of the 

 Blueberries to ripen, growing usually in rather 

 exposed positions. It favors a thin, sandy soil, 

 and especially frequents dry pine woods. It has 

 a sweet and delicious flavor and such tiny seeds 

 that it is a much more pleasant berry to eat than 

 the Huckleberry. It is soft, however, and easily 



