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three times as long as the filaments. Flower-stems, 

 one to several, from the base of the new shoots, one 

 half to one and one quarter inches in length, with two 

 small bracts near the middle. Seed-case, four-celled ; 

 many-seeded, adherent to the calyx. June. 



Leaves, evergreen, one third to one half inch in length, 

 simple, alternate ; edges entire, smooth, whitened 

 beneath, oval to oblong with rounded base, and 

 rounded or slightly pointed apex. 



Fruit, one half to one inch in length, rounded or slightly 

 lengthened, edible when cooked, red of varying 

 shades, very acid, many-seeded. A berry. 



Found, in peaty and swampy ground from North Carolina 

 northward to the Arctic Ocean, often in great 

 abundance. 



A very pretty trailing and woody evergreen, one to 

 four feet in length. 



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The Cranberry has come to be of very great value as a 

 market fruit. Swampy land, that once was deemed worth- 

 less, is now made to yield large and valuable crops. In 

 some regions, along the New Jersey coast for example, 

 the time for the harvesting of the cranberry crop is as 

 busy and important a time as that of the wheat harvest 

 elsewhere. The country around is scoured for pickers. 

 Then early and late the flat, drained, or sun-dried grounds 

 are picturesque with the busy workers. 



" The name, ' Cranberry,' may be due to the reputed 

 liking of the Crane for the berry, or to the crane-like neck 

 beneath the nodding berry." 



