The Gardener’s monthly and horticultural advertiser . rom six to ten inches,upon which the berries are pro-duced. The leaf is oblong,rounded at the ends, green inApril, reddish-green in August,and brownish-red in December;remaining upon the stalk for anuncertain period. The flowers are flesh-colored,growing upon pedicels, and arevery susceptible to changes ofthe weather. As far as my observation ex-tends, the Cranberry seems to re-quire nothing more than air,light and ivater to produce its fruit,and may be found in its wildstate growing equally well upona damp sand-bank, as upon a bedof rich m
The Gardener’s monthly and horticultural advertiser . rom six to ten inches,upon which the berries are pro-duced. The leaf is oblong,rounded at the ends, green inApril, reddish-green in August,and brownish-red in December;remaining upon the stalk for anuncertain period. The flowers are flesh-colored,growing upon pedicels, and arevery susceptible to changes ofthe weather. As far as my observation ex-tends, the Cranberry seems to re-quire nothing more than air,light and ivater to produce its fruit,and may be found in its wildstate growing equally well upona damp sand-bank, as upon a bedof rich muck. Moisture it musthave, cither from springs, orfrom a running stream ; stagnantwater it will not live in. Some attempts have been upland cultivation, but with very indifferent success; and I have yet to learn that it is being any considerable extent by those who raise for the market. The leild berry, although superior in firmness, and by some preferred in flavor, is by no means bo prolific as the improved berry; neither is i.
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