BUSH FRUIT PRODUCTION 



ries and huckleberries are most plentiful east- 

 ward. There are several species of blueberries 

 and a number of huckleberries. In some re- 

 gions they are all called blueberries, and in 

 others they are collectively known as huckle- 

 berries, but in a few places, like New England, 

 where both groups are common, a proper dis- 

 tinction is made. 



Huckleberries (genus Gaylussacia) have 

 hard seeds which crackle in the teeth, while 

 the seeds of true blueberries (genus Vaccin- 

 ium) are soft and hardly to be noticed. The 

 bushes themselves may be distinguished in a 

 number of ways. One noticeable difference 

 is the presence on huckleberry leaves of resin- 

 ous dots or patches which look like flecks and 

 spots of varnish. A few people prefer the 

 flavor of huckleberries, but where both blue- 

 berries and huckleberries are plentiful the 

 huckleberries usually are left behind by 

 pickers. 



The bushes of some species of blueberries 

 grow taller than a man, while others rise but 

 a few inches from the earth. Most of the 

 work directed toward the improvement of the 

 blueberry has been done with the "high bush" 

 species, Vaccinium corymbosum. It is com- 

 mon from the northeastern states west to Min- 

 nesota and it ranges far into the South, especi- 

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