VACCINIACE.E — HUCKLEBERRY FAMILY 



HUCKLEBERRY 



"The huckleberries and cranberries take the place throughout 

 the northern part of this continent of the heaths of the corre- 

 sponding climates of Europe ; and fill it with not less of beauty, 

 and incomparably more of use." 



— George B. Emerson. 



'^ The huckleberry grows a second crop — a crop of color. It 

 is twice blessed — it blesses him that eats and him that sees." 



— Bradford Torrey. 



" The name huckleberry is applied as a generic term to cover 

 the fruit of all si)ecies of the two genera, Gay/ussacia and Vac- 

 cinium. In a restricted sense it is used locally to designate one 

 or more species of the former genus, the name blueberry being 

 then applied to fruit of Vaccinium species. In other cases the 

 term huckleberry is ajiplied to black-fruited sjjecies of either 

 genus. The more general custom is to apply the name huckle- 

 berry to the fruit of all. 



" The most important difference between these two genera is 

 that in Gaylussacia the fruit is ten-celled, each cell containing a 

 single seed, or properly a little stone, while in ]\jiciuiiim there 

 are several seeds in each cell, tliese being small, and tlie fruit 

 forming a l>uli)y berry. Tlie seeds of the former, while less 

 numerous are f^ir more troublesome than those of the latter. The 

 leaves and branchlets of Gaylussacia are clammy witii resinous 

 dots when young." 



— Fred. W. Card. 



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