XVI 

 THE BLUEBERRY AND HUCKLEBERRY 



f ( Vaccinium Canadense) 

 BLUEBERKT < {Vaccinium coryrnbosum) 

 V. {Vaccinium vacillans) 



HUCKLEBERRY ( Guylussacia resinosa) 



While these berries are found in our markets in 

 considerable quantities in almost every section of the 

 country, the supply comes wholly from bushes grown 

 in the pastures, fields and swamps. Many attempts have 

 been made to cultivate it in garden and field, but with 

 poor or indifferent success. Like most plants growing 

 naturally on land with a good soil cover, they become 

 weakened and soon fail if exposed to much sun and 

 air about the roots and lower branches. In the pas- 

 tures and meadows the ground is shaded by grass and 

 undergrowth, and the stems of the bushes by close 

 growing foliage about them, and to insure even a mod- 

 crate growth these conditions must be provided in the 

 garden. The natural soil cover of the meadows may 

 be replaced by leaves, old hay or even by a close planting 

 and a mulch of fine soil, and if the soil is naturally a 

 little moist or the season cool and moist, a fair growth 

 will be made. An acid soil seems to be a necessity in 

 growing this fruit. 



TRANSPLANTING 



Plants that will come up with a bog or clump of 

 roots should be selected, and only those producing the 



