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far inland. Widely distributed and plentiful in the eastern and 

 northern counties, scarcer in the western counties. Ripe in 

 September ; remains late, but does not keep as well as the large 

 cranberry. 



6. Gaylussacia resinosa T. & G. Huckleberry. 



Bush 1 ft. to 10 ft. high, many branched, thin limbed. 

 Leaves oblong, f in. to 1| in. long, light green above and below, 

 thinner and larger than blueberry leaves, often spotted with 

 red. Berries round, black, Yn'xn. to iVin. thick, more seedy 

 than the blueberry, but more juicy, sweeper, and better flavored,, 

 one of the most palatable and agreeable. of Nova Scotian wild 

 fruits. Bushes well laden, but fruit distributed more evenly 

 and on longer fruit stalks than the blueberry. 



Associated on barrens and partly wooded land with blue- 

 berr}', but unlike the latter often capable of growing in more 

 shady places. A valuable food, but w^ill not keep long. Widely 

 distributed and plentiful everywhere throughout Nova Scotia. 

 Ripens in August, after the blueberry. 



7. Vibarniiin lantanoides Mx. Hobble-bush, locally "Moose- 



bush." 



A shrub 6 ft. to 9 ft. high, with spreading branches, grow- 

 ing in pairs from main stalk and larger branches, the pairs 

 alternating at right angles to each other. Bark, brown to 

 brownish-grey on all branches except the growths of the present 

 year, which are covered with a light green velvety bark, con- 

 tinuous to the ends of the leaf ribs. The old bark is spotted 

 with minute white warts. Leaves in pairs opposite each other 

 on leaf stalks, 2 in. long, 3 in. to 6 in. diameter, round, but 

 curved inward at junction with leaf stalk, thick, soft, smooth 

 above, scurfy to downy beneath, somewhat wrinkled, leaf-ribs 

 large, leaves toothed irregularly and slightly pointed. Berries 

 in widely spreading flat topped bunches, 3 in. to 5 in. across, no 

 berries on outer row of flower stalks. Chanmno; from red to 



