CRANBERRIES. 



THOUGH these cannot be grown so generally as the other kinds 

 of fruits, there are some who, having devoted their attention to 

 the subject, have succeeded in forming artificial swamps where 

 cranberries have been cultivated with great success. Wherever 

 there is a command, and a plentiful supply of running water, 

 with abundance of peat soil, no difficulty need be experienced in 

 growing cranberries. The two species most worth cultivating 

 are the English and the American. 



ENGLISH ( Oxy coccus palustris). This grows abundantly 

 in bogs, or swamps, in many parts of England. The fruit 

 is the size of a pea, and the skin pale red ; they have a 

 somewhat acrid flavour and a strong acidity. 



AMERICAN (Oxy coccus macrocarpus). Of this there are 

 three varieties : 



1. Cherry Cranberry, is large, round, and of a dark re<* 

 colour, resembling a small cherry. 



2. Bugle Cranberry, 'so called from the shape being 

 like a bugle bead, long, and approaching an oval. Skin 

 pale, and not so deep a crimson as the other varieties. 



3. Sell Cranberry, is bell-shaped, or turbinate, and of 

 a dark coral red. This is a very large variety, and is a 

 great favourite with American growers. 



