18 AMERICAN VARIETIES. 



The American cranberry, is divided by growers and 

 dealers into tkree great varieties. These axe, 



1. The bell oranberbt. 



2. The bugle cranberry. 



3. The cherry cranberry. 



I. The bell cranberry. — Tliis species is so 

 called because of some fancied resemblance to a beH in 

 its sbape. Of tbis variety tbere is but one kind. It is 

 about- the largest species, and almost as dark colored 

 as blood coral. Of its comparative yield, as well as of 

 tbose of tbe other kinds, we shall by-and-by speak. — 

 {See plate No. 2). 



n. The bugle cranberry. — This species some- 

 what resembles a bugle bead, it being elongated, and 

 approaching an oval. Of the bugle species there are 

 two kinds,' large and small — ^the large is generally 

 preferred by the growers. — {See plate No. 3). 



JU. The cherry cranberry. — So called from its 

 similarity in shape, size, and color to that well-known 

 fruit. It is of two kinds, laxge and small. Each of 

 these kinds are in the market, and with this brief but 

 sufficient notice of them we close this chapter. — {See 

 plaie No. 4). * 



