. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. VACCINIUM 3429-It is doubtful if varieties can be distin- guished. Var. arbiiscula, Gray, passes into the ordinary form; while vars. angustifdlium, Gray, and cuneifolitun, Nutt., are found to be simply forms produced by shade. The last form, particularly, is common in New Eng- land, and early in the seaso
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. VACCINIUM 3429-It is doubtful if varieties can be distin- guished. Var. arbiiscula, Gray, passes into the ordinary form; while vars. angustifdlium, Gray, and cuneifolitun, Nutt., are found to be simply forms produced by shade. The last form, particularly, is common in New Eng- land, and early in the season the Ivs. are of the ordinary obovate type, while later they become elongated. Recommended by Warren H. Manning for the rock garden. 11. Pennsylvinicum, Lam. Lnw 2630. A dwarf shrub, G-1". in. lii^ ceous, oblong'-lanceolate »ir â ' ' ! with bristle-pointed teeth, im but often hairy on niidril. I â :. eels; corolla campanulatu l\ ii;;'li. large, globose, bluish black with earliest to ripen north. N. Amer, 2:378. Em. 2:450. Rep. Me. Exp. VACCINIUM 1893 13. Canadense, Richards. Canada Blueberky. Erect shriibs, 1-2 ft. high, the crowded branchlets downy- pubescent: Ivs. oblong-lanceolate or elliptical, entire, downy on both sides: corolla short, open-campanulate, greenish white, often tinged with red: berries globose or oblate, blue with muct bloom, of excellent flavor. Low woods, Hudson Bay to Bear Lake and the north- ern Rocky Mts.; south to New Eng., mts. of Pa. and 111. 344G. 2 species, commonly Blft^bekkt. Fig. known as "Velvet Leaf" or "Sour Top " because of the character of its foliage and the somewhat acid fruit. , :. â bloiini, sweet, the usually grows in rather i'.irl>v, not swampy, lo- calities. The fruit is ],,i-, i :ii!,l more acid than the other low forms and cue to three weeks later. It is not so :,r in iln l;.m-ral market as the sweeter kinds, but it is very I'rolihc and it
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