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leaves, whitened beneath, and with rolled margins. The 

 flowers are on short upright one-year-old shoots; they 

 occur in very short clusters; the corolla is hght pink. The 

 berry is red, ovoid, oblong, or almost globular. At the 

 summit of the fruit, are four persistent, short calyx lobes, 

 bent inward. 



This species is found wild in boggy land in the northern 

 part of the United States, adjacent Canada, south along the 

 eastern coast to Virginia and North Carolina. It is also 

 found in South America. It is the cranberry that is culti- 

 vated to a large extent in the cranberry centers in this coun- 

 try — Cape Cod, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Michigan and Min- 

 nesota. The cultivation of cranberries in the United States is 

 practically confined to cool, moist boggy regions. Cran- 

 berries are grown in natural or artificial bogs, which are capa- 

 ble of being drained or flooded at will. 



Types. — Corbett divides American cranberries into four 

 groups, based upon fruit shape. 



1. Bell. — These are the most popular and include such 

 varieties as Early Black and Centennial. 



2. Bugle. — Mathews, Howe, Centerville, Dennis. 



3. Olive. — McFarlin's, Howes, Jumbo. 



4. Cherry or Spherical Cranberries. — Early Red, Arpin, 

 Makepeace. 



Vaccinium oxycoccus (Small Cranberry). — This is the 

 cranberry of the Old World. It is a slender, creeping plant 

 with thin stems, 4 inches to i foot long, and with ovate, acute 

 or acuminate leaves, dark green above, whitish beneath. 

 The flowers are very similar to those in the preceding species. 

 The berry is red, globular, four-celled, and often spotted when 

 young; it is smaller than that of the American cranberry, 

 although considered by some of superior quality. 



The small cranberry is a native of alpine and subarctic 



