HUCKLEBERRY. 



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And edible. Busli o;ro^s three to six feet hi^^li. Found 

 trom Xew England to Virginia in low grounds. 



G. resinosa* — Black Huckleberry. — Leaves oval or ob- 

 long, clammy Avhen young ; plants quite branching, the 

 young shoots pubescent; fruit black without bloom, with 

 an agreeable flavor; bush, two to three feet high. Com 

 mon in swamps and low grounds at the Xorth. 



Vaccinium Pennsylyanicum. — Dwarf Blueberry. — 



Leaves oblong, sometimes lanceolate, smooth and shining ; 

 branches green, somewhat angled, occasionally warty; 

 bush one to three feet, very prolific ; berries blue, ripening 

 early. The fruit of this species is highly prized on account 

 of its earliness, but it is not so agreeable in flavor as some 

 others. Abundant in dry, sandy seasons, from Maryland 

 northward. 



V. Canadensc— Canada Blueberry. — Leaves more or 

 !ess downy, common in low grounds ; otherwise similar to 

 the preceding species. 



¥• COrymbOSUm. — Swamp Blueberry, or High-bush 

 Huckleberry. — Leaves oval or oblong, variable in size and 

 color. Shrubs four to ten feet high, common in low, wet 

 places. Fruit black, covered with bloom, sweet but 

 sprightly ; the best Huckleberry ; ripens late in the season, 

 August and Se]3t ember. 



Fig. 104 shov>^s a small branch, with bunch of fruit of natu- 

 ral size. This species assumes various forms and colors; some- 

 times the fruit is oval, approaching an oblong, while others 

 are globular or slightly compressed. The Black High-bush 

 Huckleberry, as it is generally called, is quite distinct, the 

 fruit being destitute of bloom and of inferior flavor. It is 

 distuiguished by the name of corymhocum^ var. atrococ- 

 "ium^ by Dr. Gray. There are many other species and varie- 

 ties growing wild all over the country. There are also 

 foreign species, but none of them superior to those named. 

 I do Dot think it necessary to enter into any minute details 



