Huckleberries or Blueberries 361 



Its fruit is attractive while it lasts, and the foliage con- 

 trasts well with that of other plants. In nurseries the 

 plant is sometimes known as Elceagnus edulis, and in 

 various places it has received mention under the name 

 Elceagnus pungens; it is also known as Elceagnus longipes. 

 A closely related species, Elceagnus umbellata, also known 

 under the name " Silver Thorn," has been sometimes sold 

 for Elceagnus longipes, and in other cases sold under its 

 right name. This is larger, more open and more thorny 

 than the goumi. with lighter colored branches. Its fruit, 

 which is smaller and possesses no value, ripens later. The 

 plant possesses about the same ornamental qualities as 

 E. longipes, but according to Dippel, 1 is less hardy in 

 Germany. 



HUCKLEBERRIES OR BLUEBERRIES 



The confusion existing in the use of these two names 

 may as well be discussed at the outset. What one means 

 by their use depends chiefly on where he chanced to live. 

 Throughout the southern, middle and mid-western states, 

 where these fruits are common, the name huckleberry is 

 a general term applied to all fruits of the group. In New 

 England this name is limited to fruits of one genus, Gay- 

 lussacia, and chiefly to the common black huckleberry, 

 Gaylussada baccata, which is there so common. There 

 the name blueberry is applied to plants of the genus 

 Vaccinium, and more especially to Vaccinium corym- 

 bosum, the "swamp blueberry" of New England or 

 " high huckleberry " of the middle states. This distinction 

 1 Handbuch der Laubholzkunde, 3: 207. 



