CRANBERRY CULTURE. 



CHAPTER I. 

 NATURAL HISTORY. 



The Cranberry is supposed to have been so named 

 from the appearance of its bud. Just before expanding 

 into the perfect flower, the stem, calyx and petals resem- 

 ble the neck, head and bill of a crane hence the name, 

 " craneberry," or " cranberry." According to botanical 

 classification, the Cranberry belongs to the Natural Order 

 Ericacea3, or Heath Family, and to the genus Yaccinium. 

 Bilberries and whortleberries also belong to the same 

 genus. There are two species of Cranberry growing 

 within our territory the Small Cranberry, Vaccinium 

 Oxy coccus, and the Large, or American Cranberry, Vac- 

 cinium macrocarpon. 



The runners of the V. Oxycoccus are very slender, 

 being from four to nine inches long. The leaves are from 

 two to three lines in length, ovate, with strongly revolute 

 margins. The Small Cranberry is found in the peat bogs 

 of New England and Pennsylvania, and westward to 

 Wisconsin, and northward. 

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