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On the Massachusetts coast the berry is of medium size, little 

 hairy or hair}^, far from insipid, and while not equalling the fruit 

 of the other species is yet considered of suflScient value to be 

 occasionally sold in the New Bedford markets, as I am credibly 

 informed by a botanist friend, E. W. Hervey. 



This species was called the Hairy Whortleberry by Bigelow in 

 1824; Bush Whortleberry by Eaton in 1840; Dwarf Swamp 

 Huckleberry by Torrey in 1843 ; Dwarf Huckleberry by Gray in 

 1867 and Dame and Collins in 1888 ; Bush Huckleberry by 

 Emerson in 1875. 



2. Gaylussacia frondosa, T. and G. Gray, Syn. Fl., 2, 1, 19. 

 Synonyme, Vaccinium frondosum, L., sp., 499 ; Andr., Bot. 



Rep., t. 140 ; Bigel., Fl. 



Bost., 152; Pursh, Fl., 



1285; Ell., Sk., i, 497; 



Torr., Fl., i, 415. 

 *' " venustum, Ait., Kew., 2, 11. 



" " glaucum, Michx., FL, i, 231. 



" " decamerocarpon, Dunal in D. C. Prod. 



" Decamerium frondosum, Nutt. 



Low and shaded grounds, coast of New Hampshire and south- 

 ward ; mountains of Pennsylvania to Kentuckj' , Lousiana, and 

 Florida. 



Pursh says the berries are large, blue, globular, eatable ; Bige- 

 low that the}' are sweet, few in number, ripening late ; Elliot that 

 this species yields the best flavored fruit. About New Bedford 

 the berries are of fair but not high quality, the shrubs yielding 

 most profusely in some seasons and the fruit is picked under the 

 name of Dangleberries, for local consumption and sale. Had we 

 not the superior Vaccinium corymbosum, we might well urge 

 attempts at culture for this species, on account of its habits of 

 growth, its occasional extreme prolificacy, and the ease of pick- 

 ing, together with the fair quality of the fruit. 



The vernacular names given are Blue Tangles by Pursh, in 

 1814, Torrey in 1843, Gray in 1867, and Wood in 1875 ; Late 

 Whortleberry by Bigelow in 1824 and 1840 ; Blue Whortleberry 

 by Eaton in 1840 ; Dangleberry by Torrey in 1843 ; Gray, 1867 ; 

 Emerson, 1875 ; Robinson, 1880 ; Dame and Collins, 1888, and 

 this is the most appropriate name, and the only one I have heard 



