. The American farmer. A hand-book of agriculture for the farm and garden ... Agriculture. 270 farmer's hand-book. Remarks.—The other established and standard sorts are the Doctor, Belle do Ghoisy, Napoleon Bigarreau, White Tartarean, Norello, Knights Early Black, Florence, Downton, Manning's Mottled, Holland Bigarreau, Elliott's Favorite, Hyde's Seedling, and Kentish. The Wild Cherry comprises several varieties, and the best kind being the Black, which is ripe in September or October, and is used for various medicinal purposes. The Choke Cherry is another kind, bearing a red berry, which matu
. The American farmer. A hand-book of agriculture for the farm and garden ... Agriculture. 270 farmer's hand-book. Remarks.—The other established and standard sorts are the Doctor, Belle do Ghoisy, Napoleon Bigarreau, White Tartarean, Norello, Knights Early Black, Florence, Downton, Manning's Mottled, Holland Bigarreau, Elliott's Favorite, Hyde's Seedling, and Kentish. The Wild Cherry comprises several varieties, and the best kind being the Black, which is ripe in September or October, and is used for various medicinal purposes. The Choke Cherry is another kind, bearing a red berry, which matures earlier than the first-named. THE CRA:JfBERRY. General Cultrue, d:c.—Comparatively speaking, the cultivation of the cranberry has now been reduced to a very certain and well-defined sys- tem. It is a native fruit, growing on a low trailing vine, found in bogs, meadows, swamps, and other wet lands. The berry is round, red, and quite acid, the finest variety being found in this country, where it com- mands a high price. Fig. 148. Some persons enumerate three kinds, only one of which, often called the Bell, is adapted to a dry soil. It grows wild, on the borders of bogs, spreading its way to upland soils, and is much larger than the other kinds, in its wild state. Persons engaging in the cultivation of this fruit may begin with the Bell ; by commencing with those which have been cultivated, or naturalized to a dry soil, they will much sooner. 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 O'Neill, F. W; Williams, H. L. New York, C. W. Carleton & co.
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