204 THE CRANBERRY. [CHAP. \U. 



less care in its culture than the barberry, or, as 

 it is more properly called, the berberry. The 

 kinds usually grown for their fruit are all varie- 

 ties of the common sort : they are the common 

 Red, the Stoneless, and the Sweet. Several of 

 the Mahonias or Ash Berberries bear excellent 

 fruit, as do the Nepal species, and that from 

 the Straits of Magelhaen. The common ber- 

 berry will grow in any soil and situation, and 

 it does not require any pruning. 



The Cranberry is generally grown in moist 

 soil or peat earth. It succeeds very well on 

 the muddy margin of a pond ; but it may also 

 be grown very well in the common garden soil, 

 like the strawberry. When the cranberries are 

 once planted, they will require no after-care 

 except the occasional trimming into shape of 

 their long runners. The common cranberry is 

 a native of England, Scotland, and, indeed, of 

 all the North of Europe ; but its fruit is much 

 smaller than that of the American cranberry, 

 which has also a more delicate flavour. 



