Plants. LXXXIIL Vol. IV. No. 47. 



DIFFERENT SORTS OF FRUIT - SHRUBS. 



Fig. 1. The common Elea -berry. 



(Vaccinium myrlillus). 



The common Blea -berry or Black - Whort 

 is a low fhrub which fcarcely grows one foot 

 high ; it thrives beft under the heath in thin- 

 nifh pine - and firwoods. 



Its bloffom is reddifh - white and its dark 

 blue berries are poffeffed of a pungent yet 

 agreeable tafte. The berries are eaten raw as 

 well as boiled; when dried, the} r are frequent- 

 ly u fed to die and ftrengthen the light french 

 red wine. For this purpofe great quantities 

 of thefe berries are annually exported into 

 France, especially by Hamburgh and Bremen 

 where they conftitute a confiderable commerci- 

 al article. 



Fig. 2. The red Bilberry. 



(Vaccinium vit is idaea). 



The red Bilberry ox Wliortle -berry -Shrub 

 grows in the woods of Germany, very often 

 mixed, and on the fame fpot with the Bl e fi- 

 ber r y - fhrub to which it bears great refem- 

 blance, with the only difference of being more 



delicate and fcarcely attaining the height of 

 a fpan. 



The berries and juice are of a light-red 

 colour; the latter is aromatick but tait e s fò. 

 fharp that the berries cannot be eaten when 

 raw ; boiled and preferved in fuggar they 

 afford an agreeable whole fonie and relifhing 

 difh which usually is eaten with roafted 

 meat. 



In Ruffia and Siberia a very ftrong but 

 agreeable and comfortable beverage is prepared 

 from the juice. 



Fig. 3. The Cranberry. 



(Vaccinium exicocços). 



The Cr a Jib er ry , Mo orb err y , or Mofs- 

 berry is only to be found in the northern 

 countries as for inftance in Lapland , Ruffia 

 and Sibiria where it grows creeping under the 

 mofs in marfhy places and turfmoors. 



Its little bloffoms (Fig. a.) as well as its 

 berries (Fig. b.) are red, but the berries tafte 

 fo four and aftringent that they cannot be ea- 

 ten when raw. In Sweden and Ruffia they 

 eat them preferved or, make a ftrong beverage 

 of them. 



