CRANBERRY. 



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Fig. 100. CHERRY 

 CRANBERRY. 



the present time in this country, belong to one species, tbe 

 V. macrocarpon. These vary in size, from a half inch up 

 to an inch or over in diameter. Fig. 100 shows a variety 

 usually called the Cherry Cranberry, and 

 fig. 101, one of the largest of the Bell 

 variety. Fig. 102 illustrates the Bell 

 form, and in fig. 103 we give an exact 

 representation of some remarkably fine 

 specimens, raised by Mr. Orrin C. Cook, 

 of South Milford, Mass. There are many 

 other shapes intermediate between these $ 

 but we have given the principal ones. 



In color, the varieties vary from a greenish-yellow or 

 white to dark, rich purple. New varieties are being pro- 

 duced, and, doubtless, in a few years, great improvements 

 will be made in the size, if not in the quality, of the Cran- 

 berry. 



INSECTS. 



There appear to be two kinds of worms which infest 

 the Cranberry. One of these attacks the young fruit, 

 and the other the plants. The first is described as a small 



Fig. 101. BUGLE CRANBERRY. 



worm about half an inch in length, with a black head ; 

 the other is about the same length, with a red hccid. 

 Although it is said that these worms are very tiestruo* 

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