BOTANY OF THE HUCKLEBERRIES 499 



Vaccinium Canadense, Richards. Canadian Blueberry. 



This is a low shrub, 1 to 2 feet high, with light green wood and 

 much resembling V. Pennsylvanicum. Its llaves are broader 

 entire and downy on both sides, the crowded branchlets being 



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fn ^^^ species occurs in swamps and moist woods from New- 

 foundland to the mountains of Pennsylvania, and westward to 

 sn^f '''' r^ f'"" ^""'^y Mountains. It is primarily a northern 



New EnSr.nd""' P """T, "' '^'' ¥''1'^^ ^'^''' ^'^«^P^ ^^ northern 

 New England. From there and the Canadian provinces it is 



Tome sunnlv ot'n" ""'^'.^ '" considerable quantities after the 

 home supply ot the preceding species is exhausted. 



Vaccinium vacillans, Kalm. Low or Pale Blueberry. 



This is a low, glabrous shrub, from 1 to 3 feet high, with vel- 

 lowish green stem and branchlets. The leaves are smoo h and 

 very pale and glaucous, at least on the under side. The benies 

 are lai^e and sweet, generally with a blue bloom, though some- 

 imesblack, ripening from the last of July to September. The 

 fmit IS borne in clusters at the end of leafless branches of the 

 previous season's growtli, and the plants are very prolific 



i he species occurs chiefly in dry and sandy soil, from New 



Sh'caroli^;'^^^" '"^ '°"f'/"^ southward^o MissoTi and 

 lift e\hvnh ?. G^rowing as it does in dry soils, being a pretty 

 iruf of ZV ?.^,^^^r.^^l purposes, and a prolific bearerfwith 

 fru t of fine quality, it is one of the species which would seem 

 to be most promising for cultivation. 



^^''''' b7rry^''7Fig''Tn' f'''''' ^""^"^^ Blueberry. High Huckle- 



A tall, handsome shrub, from 4 to 10 feet high, with vellowish 

 green branches which turn to a light gray with age, the barton 

 old stems becoming rough and peeling off in shreds. The leaves 

 are narrow, mostly egg-shaped, either smooth or downy The 

 flowers are large, and borne on the extremities of the previous 

 year s growth, as in the preceding species. The fruit ripens 

 from August to the latter part of September, and is^deW 

 variable m shape, size, color and flavor ^ 



been^dP^^Hh!fl ""^'IT ^"'''^^^\ ^""^ '"^""'^^ botanical varieties have 

 been described. It grows chiefly in swamps and moist woods 



dttrfbnt-r''""'' ^"""^l/" ^7' ^P^" P^«*^^^«- It has a wide 

 aistiibution, occurring throughout the eastern half of North 

 AmcTica, from Newfoundland to Louisiana. It is probablv the 

 most promising of all the huckleberries for cultivation? Experi- 

 ence has proved that it can be readily transplanted to garden 



