HUCKLEBERRIES 



HUCKLEBERRIES 



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ers in loose, slender racemes, white or pinkish, with leaf- 

 like, persistent bracts ; ovary bristly and glandular ; 

 corolla bell-shaped. Fruit black, usually more or less 

 pubescent. 



The range of this species is from Newfound- 

 land to Florida and Louisiana along the 

 coastal plains. Its preference is for moist, 

 sandy, or swampy soil. 



The dwarf huckleberry is the least prepos- 

 sessing of the huckleberries described, but the 



statements in the botanies that the fruit is 

 insipid are misleading; under some conditions 

 it is pleasant and most agreeable. The dull 

 color, the rusty-brown, glandular hairs and the 

 tough skin are the chief objections to the fruit, 

 but these are removed by cooking, after which 

 the berries are as palatable as any. However, 

 the species is the least desirable of all for 

 domestication, but may have value for coastal 

 soils and for hybridization. 



