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fruit, the tables ia the commodious, well-arrauged fruit house were 

 loaded with crates of berries ready for the market, the raspberrj^ and 

 blackberry eaues givinoj promise of au immense yield, showing that care 

 and cultivation would surely bring their reward. And the thought came 

 that if all our fruit trees could be as well cared for as thej' were in this 

 orchard, what au advanced position our State would take in the list as a 

 producer of fine fruit. 



There is one obstacle with which our fruit growers are uow contending, 

 and that is the apple maggot {tri/peta pomoneUa) , with very little success, 

 aud we are hoping that some of the members or our State Experiment 

 Station will soon give us relief from this terrible pest iu some practical 

 and etticient treatment, for as it now stands some of our choicest varieties 

 are entirelj' worthless. 



In concluding these few remarks I would say that many more points 

 could well be mentioned as proper subjects for this society to deal with, 

 some of which will be brought forward by the different papers presented 

 at this meeting, and we hoj^e that all present will feel at liberty to ask 

 questions in regard to the subjects presented and enter into the discus- 

 sions that are to follow, as in this way, many times, we believe that as 

 much thorough, practical information is obtained as we receive from the 

 original paper. 



THE CRANBERRIES OF MAIXE. 

 By Prof. F. L. Harvey, State College. 



The term cranl^erry is derived from crane because the slender stalk 

 has been compared to the long neck and legs of a crane, or possibly 

 because the berries grow in bogs frequented by cranes. The applica- 

 tion is not obvious. The term is quite loosely and widely applied, being 

 used to designate the fruit of several species of Vaccinium belonging to 

 the heath family (0/-(Zer ^ricacere) ; to a species otViburmim (high-bush 

 cranberry) belonging to the honeysuckle family {onlfr CaprifoUacece) 

 and in Australia, New South Wales and Tasmania to the fruit of three 

 distinct species of the Order Epacridaceie, a family of plants related to the 

 heaths. The cranberries of Europe and Asia are the high-bush cranberry, 

 Viburnnra Opiihis, L., which is also a native of Xorth America; the cow- 

 berry, Voxciniura Vitis Idrea, Linn., also known as the mountain cranberry; 

 and the small cranberry Vaccinium Oyt/coccns, Linn., known iu Europe as 

 the bogwort, mossberry or moorbeny. The latter is the kind exten- 

 sivelj' marketed in Europe and Asia. The others are of no special impor- 

 tance in Europe though the fruit is sometimes used as a substitute for 

 the small cranberry. 



Besides the above mentioned European species which are also all 



natives of America, there are two kinds which are peculiarly American, 



viz: The white fruited cranberry which is the fruit of Vaccininm 



erythrocarpon, Mx., a shrub growing in the mountains of Virginia and 



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