414 THE EVOLUTION OF OUR NATIVE FRUITS 



ci mum macrocarpon, for winch they are a very good 

 substitute." The plaut grows on mountains of New 

 York and New Jersey. Viburnum edule grows along 

 the banks of rivers from "Canada to New York." He 

 describes it as "a smaller and more upright shrub than 

 the preceding species ; berries the same colour and size, 

 but, when completely ripe, more agreeable to eat." 



The Cranberry 



The cranberry, the most unique of American horti- 

 cultural products, was first cultivated, or rescued from 

 mere wild bogs, about 1810. Its cultivation began to 

 attract attention about 1840, although the difficulties 

 connected with the growing of any new crop did not 

 begin to clear away until about 1850. Cape Cod was 

 the first cranberry -growing region, which was soon 

 followed by New Jersey, and later by Wisconsin and 

 other regions. The varieties now known are over a 

 hundred, all having been picked up in bogs, and the 

 annual product from tame bogs in the United States is 

 more than eight hundred thousand bushels. 



The cranberry industry is so interesting that I 

 transcribe an article which I wrote on "Cape Cod 

 Cranberries," a few years since:* 



The cranberry-growing sections of the country are few and 

 scattered. The Cape Cod district is the pioneer ground of cran- 

 berry culture, and it still undoubtedly holds ii est rank in general 



*" American Garden," October, 1890. This paper called ont mi article <>" 

 cranberry growing in New Jersey, l>y John B. Smith, "Garden and Forest," 

 Novembers, 1890, The books specially devoted to the cranberry are: J, J. 

 White, "Cranberry Cultnre," 1-1 ed., into, 2nd ed., 1885 ; James Webb, "Cape 

 Cod Cranberries," 1886 ; B, Eastwood, " Complete Manual for the Cultivation ol 

 n e Cranbi try," 1856 ; A. 11. Richards, "The Cranberry ami its Culture," 1870. 



