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are found usually in clearings on hills, all over the United 

 States north of Georgia and Alabama. The gathering of this 

 crop annually furnishes employment to large numbers of men, 

 women, and children of the poorer class, from whom it is pur- 

 chased by farmers and others, who daily meet the pickers at 

 an appointed spot, and by them the berries are boxed and for- 

 warded to market. 

 Some attempts have been made to cultivate this berry. 





Fig. 811. — Clump of Black Huckleberries. 



Joseph Meehan says that if cut down one-half and transplanted 

 to the garden in the spring few will die, and they will bear 

 the second year, with promise of good crops thereafter. It is 

 further stated by others that with all the varieties the size of 

 the fruit increases under good cultivation. 



The growing of the huckleberry is one of the few as yet un- 

 developed fields of horticulture, and seems to promise featis- 

 factory returns to the patient investigator. 



While there are a number of species belonging to the two 

 genera mentioned, the following only are worth consideration 

 as edible. 



