HUCKLEBERRY FAMILY 



Vaccinium pennsylvanicum is a dwarf, straggling bush, 

 climbing to rocky heights or carpeting dry, sandy 

 places. In winter its large, scaly, flower buds are easily 

 distinguished from the leaf buds. The flowers appear 

 a little before the leaves and are followed by large, pale 

 blue, delicious berries, ripe by the last of June or in 

 early July. 



The immature clusters of fruit crowding at the 

 very tips of the branches form a most enchanting 

 combination of green, pink, pur- 

 ple, and blue. 



The Canadian Blueberry, Vac- 

 cinium canadense, is a dwarf shrub 

 resembling Vaccinium pennsylvani- 

 cum, but with broader and more 

 downy leaves. The fruit is blue- 

 black and ripens later than the 



Dwarf Blueberry, in flower. T-I i T. . i -\ 



common Blueberry. It is the last 



Blueberry to appear in the market and is most abun- 

 dant in the British provinces. 



Vaccinium pennsylvanicum angustifolium is a subarctic 

 form with narrower leaves, found on the summits of 

 the White Mountains, on the Adirondacks, at Quebec 

 and northward. 



Vaccinium pennsylvanicum nigrum is a variety with a 

 rounder bell than that of the type ; the berry black 

 without bloom. It flowers a little earlier than the 

 type. 



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