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They are also slightly smaller than are either the common 

 low-bush or high-bush berries, but they are quite prolific. Their 



Canada Blueberry, X %. 



smaller size and relative sourness make them less popular as 

 market berries than are the others. 



EARLY LOW BLUEBERRY. Vacciuiitm pennsylvanicum Lam. 



This is a low or dwarf shrub of one to two feet in height. 

 The slender branches are greenish, warty and generally smooth. 

 The leaves are thin, small and narrow as shown in the figure 

 and grade into the still smaller mountain varietv (variety 

 angnstifolium) mentioned later. The fruit is typically bluish- 

 black with bloom, but a form sometimes occurs having berries 

 without bloom, (nigrum). It is the commonest berry on the 

 low sandy plains and pine barrens and is frequent elsewhere in 



