6i4 VVILD AND VNCLASSIPtED FRUITS. 



Varieties. 



Bilberry.* {Vaccinium ccespitosum.) Grows on a very low bush 

 three to six inches high, in sandy, hilly ground ; berry large, light 

 blue, round ; good. 



Black Huckleberry. ( Gaylussacia resmosa.) Grows on dry sandy, 

 rocky, hilly woods and clearings, one to three feet high. There 

 are a number of varieties, some globular, some pear-shaped ; jet 

 black, glossy, seeds very large; not very good. The common 

 huckleberry of the markets. 



Canada Blueberry. ( V. Canadensis.) Grows in dry sandy and 

 rocky soil ; berries round, blue, good. 



Highbush Blueberry.* (Dangleberry. G. frondosa.) Grows in 

 open places by the woods, along fences, in damp, sandy soil, three 

 to six feet high; berries roundish-oblate, large, dark blue; seeds 

 small; good. 



Highbush Huckleberry. ( V. corymbosum. ) Grows in wet or 

 swampy ground five to fifteen feet high ; berry good size, blue or 

 black ; flavor sub-acid. 



Lew Blueberry.* ( V. Pennsylvancium. ) Grows six to fifteen inches 

 high in sandy soil ; very large, light blue ; sweet and good. 



June Berry. 



Of late years nurserymen have been advertising this as a val- 

 uable promising fruit. The sort most commonly known is a 

 tree growing from ten to thirty or more feet high {Amelanchier 

 Canadensis) usually called Service-tree or May cherry. The 

 improved dwarf June berry is simply the wild variety A. 

 alnijolia or A. Botryapium, the former being indigenous to the 

 North and West, and the latter to Eastern States. There 

 are also still other kinds. The shrubby or dwarf June berries 

 are hard-wooded plants, which produce roots and stems but 

 slowly. These are not difficult to transplant, and if left undis- 

 turbed will soon produce quantities of dark purple berries 

 about the size of large currants. The flowers appear before 

 the leaves in long, rather loose clusters, and are quite large 

 and clear white. As ornamental shrubbery they are worthy 



