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Dwarf Blueberry (Blue Huckleberry, Vaccinium Pennsylvanicum). 

 This is a deciduous dwarf species growing from two to three feet high, 

 indigenous from Maryland northward. It has blue fruit which is 

 produced in great abundance. This species is much prized in America 

 for its earliness. 



Swamp Blueberry (High-bush Huckleberry, Vaccinium cort/mbosum). 

 A robust deciduous species growing from six to twelve feet high, widely 

 distributed in North East America, and common to swampy ground. 

 Fruit rather large, bluish-black, and covered with bloom. Flavour sweet 

 but sprightly. Ripens late in the season, and in America is considered 

 to be one of the best Huckleberries. 



Many other species of Gaylussacia and Vaccinium yield fruits that may 

 be classed as Huckleberries, and possibly some of them might prove 

 serviceable if tried. The more prominent are as follows : Vaccinium 

 coespitosum, a deciduous dwarf species with blue berries, found in North 

 America as far as Labrador ; Vaccinium leucanthum, a robust species 

 forming a small tree, with blackish berries, from the mountain regions of 

 Mexico ; Vaccinium myrtilloides, a dwarf bushy species producing large 

 berries known vernacularly as Bluetts, indigenous to North Eastern 

 America, including Canada and Labrador ; Vaccinium occidental e, a species 

 growing about eight feet high, with small dark blue berries, indigenous to 

 North West America from California to British Columbia ; Vaccinium 

 ova folium, a low, somewhat straggling species with large blue berries, 

 indigenous to North West America from California to Oregon. Vaccinium 

 ovatum, a species growing from six to eight feet high, with small, dark 

 blue berries, indigenous to North West America from California to British 

 Columbia. 



INDIAN FIG. 



This is a common name for the fruit of several species of Opuntia, a 

 robust ard hardy genus of the order Cactacea or Cactus family. The 

 fruit is also known familiarly as the Prickly Pear. With the exception 

 of the common species fQpuntia vulgaris) and one or two others they 

 are natives of the West Indies, Mexico, and South America, where they 

 thrive in the hottest and most barren regions. They have no leaves but 

 thick flattened fleshy stems, which are superposed one upon another. 

 The fruit is from one to two inches in length, pear or egg shaped, and is 

 in colour from green to yellow or red, according to the species. The 

 stems are plentifully furnished with sharp spines, and the fruit is covered 

 by numerous tufts of smaller ones. This peculiarity makes the plants very 

 formidable when grown as hedges, as no animals will face them. On the 

 other hand, however, the numerous small spines upon the fruit, which 

 causes trouble in handling and preparing, materially prevents its use. 

 The fruit when ripe is juicy, well flavoured and pleasant to eat (when 

 pared). It makes a good jam and jelly, and forms an excellent pickle. 

 The fruit also makes an excellent vegetable when boiled in the same way 



