CRANBERRY CULTURE. 



CHAPTER I. 

 NATURAL HISTORY. 



The Cranberry is supposed to have been so named 

 from the appearance of its bud. Just before expanding 

 into the perfect flower, the stem, calyx and petals resem- 

 ble the neck, head and bill of a crane — hence the name, 

 " craneberry," or "cranberry." According to botanical 

 classification, the Cranberry belongs to the Xatural Order 

 Ericaceae, or Heath Family, and to the genus Vaccinium. 

 Bilberries and whortleberries also belong to the same 

 genus. There are two species of Cranberry growing 

 within our territory — the Small Cranberry, Vccccinium 

 Oxycocciis, and the Large, or American Cranberry, Vac- 

 cinmm macrocarpon. 



The runners of the V, Oxy coccus are very slender, 

 being from four to nine inches long. The leaves are about 

 one-fourth of an inch long, ovate, with strongly re volute 

 margins. The Small Cranberry is found in the peat bogs 

 of Xew England and Pennsylvania, and westward to 

 Wisconsin, and northward. 

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