. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. 6l2 WIL£> AND VKTCLASSIPIED FRVlTa. inordinately fond of them and appear to know exactly the day they become just ripe, and on that day they will completely strip even a large bunch of bushes of every perfect berry. If they are wanted to eat, therefore, they must be protected with netting. Until within a few years, there has been no certainty of. Fia. 8io.—Kleagaus longlpes. obtaining this plant from the nurserymen, but frequently E. argentea or E.
. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. 6l2 WIL£> AND VKTCLASSIPIED FRVlTa. inordinately fond of them and appear to know exactly the day they become just ripe, and on that day they will completely strip even a large bunch of bushes of every perfect berry. If they are wanted to eat, therefore, they must be protected with netting. Until within a few years, there has been no certainty of. Fia. 8io.—Kleagaus longlpes. obtaining this plant from the nurserymen, but frequently E. argentea or E. umbellatus have been substituted for it. both of which, while ornamental shrubs and producing berries, are inferior in the latter respect to E. longi^es. Huckleberries. The so-called Huckleberries belong to the Heath family, and to the two genera Gaylussacia and Vaccinium. They are all found growing wild from Maine to the Mississippi and south to the Gulf. The bushes vary greatly in size, from six inches to ten feet or more, and the fruit differs as greatly, from juicy and sweet to dry and insipid. Immense tracts, especially of G. resinosa, the common black huckleberry of our markets,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Thomas, J. J. (John Jacob); Wood, William H. S. New York, Orange Judd
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