CHAPTER X. 



HTJCKLEBERRY— (Fa^^iily ERiCACE.fl:.) 



Huckleberries were formerly all included under the 

 genus Vacciiiivm^ but botanists now separate tbeni into 

 the genera, Gaylussacia and Vaccinium. In general 

 ai3j)earance they resemble one another, being branching 

 shrubs, with bell-shaped or urn-shaped corollas and 2- 

 parted anthers. The fruit is a 10 to many seeded berry. 

 The Gaylussacias differ from the Vacciniiims in having 

 only one seed in each cell of the fruit, and tlieir foliage is 

 often sprinkled with resinous dots. For our purposes it 

 is conveniunt to consider them all under one head. 



The species best known in the United States as produc- 

 ing edible fruit, are chiefly deciduous shrubs of medium 

 size, blooming in May and June, and ripening their fruit 

 from J uly to September. 



SPECIES. 



The number of species of Huckleberry is quite large, 

 and I shall only name a few of the best. 



Gaylussacia frondosa. — Blue Dangleberry. — Leaves 

 obovate, oblong, pale glaucous beneath ; branches slender, 

 Bniooth. Fruit dark blue, covered with white bloom, sweet 

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