HUCKLEBERRY FAMILY 



Pistil. Ovary inferior, ten-celled, one ovule in each cell, 

 many of which abort in fruit. 



Fruit. Berry-like drupe, black, shining, without bloom, 

 sweet, one-fourth of an inch in diameter ; nutlets ten. July, 

 August. 



Gaylussacia resinosa produces the common huckle- 

 berry of the markets. The fruit is sweet, firm, and 

 shining black in color. There are 

 varieties which vary considerably 

 from the type in respect to fruit ; 

 one has very sweet pear-shaped ber- 

 ries ; another has glaucous leaves, 

 and fruit covered with a glaucous 

 bloom ; a third has large bluish ber- 

 ries ; and a fourth has white berries. 

 A species that so naturally divides 

 into varieties would probably yield 

 very readily to cultivation and pro- 

 duce a variety of superior fruit. The 

 bush is now offered for sale as an ornamental shrub 

 and gardeners report that it is growing in favor. 



High-bush Huckleberry, 

 in flower. 



DWARF HUCKLEBERRY 



Gaylussacia dumbsa. 



A shrub one to two feet high, from a creeping base, found in 

 swamps. Ranges from Newfoundland to Florida and Louisiana. 



Stems. Recent branches brownish downy, and somewhat 

 viscid with a few glandular hairs. Stems and older branches 

 ashen gray. Winter buds red. 



Leaves. Sessile, obovate-oblong, or oblanceolate, an inch to 

 an inch and a half long, wedge-shaped at base, entire, ciliate 

 with glandular hairs, obtuse or acute at apex, and ending in a 

 small awl-like point ; when full grown are bright green, thick 



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