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This species, commonly known as ''sour top'' or "velvet leaf" 

 because of the character of its foliage and the somewhat acid 

 fruit, usually grows in rather moist, rock}-, not swampy locali- 

 ties. The fruit is larger and more acid than the other low forms 

 and matures from one to three weeks later. It is not so popular 

 in the general market as the sweeter kinds, but it is very prolific 

 and its lateness in ripening is a point in its favor. 



V. CANADENSE. 



V. hirsutum, I'lKklcy, (Hairy Blueberry, Bear Huckleberry) 



Buckley, Am. Jour. Sci. 45 : 175, 1843 ; Sargent, Gard. & For. 



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 Low shrub, 1-2 feet high, the stems green, grooved, obscurely 

 4-angled, those of the current year covered with stout, spreading, 

 white hairs ; leaves ovate, entire and, together with the pure 



