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CBAXBEREY CULTUEE. 



that the Cranberry will erow where nothmg else vrWl. It 

 explains, to: . :-0w it is tr.at it seems to require little for its 

 perfect development but air and water." 



The American Cranberry is divided, by writers upon 

 this subject, into three varieties. 



1st. The Bell Cranberry (fig. li.— This variety is so 

 named be^jause of its resemblance to a bell in shane. 



2d. The Busfle Cranherry ifig. 2). was so called from 



its resemblance lo a bugle bead, being elongated, and ap- 

 proaching in shape to an oval. 



3d. The Cherry Cranberry 'fig. 3) is spherical in form, 

 and somewhat similar in shape, size, and color to the 

 cherry, trorn which it derives its name. 



These varieties are lo be known only by their fruits; 

 the difierenoe in the appearance or growth of the vines 

 being in -u in c lent to di-:'.nguish tbem. Although the dif- 

 ferent f'rrns. previ-^usly -iescribed. are distinct, and wed 

 rnarke'i. ont- plant producing one variety only, yet cran- 

 berries are foun-l existing in ail the intenneiiate shapes 

 between th-se : for instance, the Bell and t;.e Ciierry cran- 

 berries are distinctly rnarkr':!. but many specimens are 

 found bearing so much resemblance xo both, that one 

 could not tell to which \-ariety they belonged. 



Titere are. apparent!}', difierent ^'arieties of' vines also, 

 some being Icwer and more trailing than others, but even 

 these low vines pr-'-ince fruit of various qualities. The 

 largest cranberries we have yet seen — 'oeing about one 

 inch in diameter — b-longed to the Bell variety, and were 

 grown upon vines ''A tt.'s character. C'riginally <:djtamed 

 from a natural bog by John Webb. 



Other characteristics exist beside the -hape of tiie fruit, 

 characteristics which are much mc're imqtortant, iC' be 

 obsers'ed by the grower : frr instance, if one g'^-es into 

 the market with the view - f s iiing a ] jt 'cf cranberries, 

 the question is not TThat -^hapt are they ? 'rait rather, 

 Are they well colored/ or. Are they ^>f go. -i / 



