12 CRANBERRY CULTtTRE. 



tliat tlie Cranberry will grow where notlnng else will. It 

 explains, too, liow it i> tliat it seems to require little for its 

 perfect development but air and water." 



The American Cranberry is divided, by writei's upon 

 this subject, into three varieties. 



1st. The Bell Cranberry (fig. 1). — This variety is so 

 named befause of its resemblance to a l)ell in shape. 



2d. The Bustle Cranberry (fig. 2), was so called from 

 its resemblance to a bugle bead, being elongated, and ap- 

 proaching in shape to an oval. 



3d. The Cherry Cranberry (fig. 3) is spherical in form, 

 and somewhat similar in shaj^e, size, and color to the 

 cherry, from which it derives its name. 



These varieties are to be known only by their fruits; 

 the difference in the appearance or growth of the vines 

 being insuflicient to distinguish tliem. Although tlie dif- 

 ferent forms, previously described, arc distinct, and well 

 marked, one plant producing one variety only, yet cran- 

 berries arc found existing in all the intermediate sliapes 

 between these ; for instance, the Bell and the Cherry cran- 

 berries are distinctly marked, but many specimens are 

 found bearing so much resemblance to both, that one 

 could not tell to whicli variety they belonged. 



There are, apparently, different varieties of vines also, 

 some being lower and more trailing than others, but even 

 these low vines produce fruit of various qualities. The 

 larcrest cranberries we have yet seen — being about one 

 inch in diameter — belonged to the Bell variety, and were 

 grown upon vines of this character, originally obtained 

 from a natural bog by .John Webb. 



Other characteristics exist beside the shape of tlie fruit, 

 characteristics which are much more important, to be 

 observed by the grower ; for instance, if one goes into 

 the market with the view of selling a lot of cranberries, 

 the question is not What sJtape are they ? but rather, 

 Are they well colored f or, Are they of good size f 



