. How to know wild fruits; a guide to plants when not in flower by means of fruit and leaf. s throughout the fall, and after the frosts 114 HOW TO KNOW WILD FRUITS have somewhat changed its taste is eaten byrobins. The bitter bark is somewhat similarin its action to Peruvian bark and is sometimessubstituted for it. The plant grows in dry woods from southernNew England west to Ontario and Minnesotaand south to Florida and Texas. SPRING OR CREEPING WINTERGREEN CHECKERBERRY. BOXBERRY TEABERRY Gaultheria procumbens Heath Family Fruit. -=^ The actual fruit capsule is five-celled,with many seeds in
. How to know wild fruits; a guide to plants when not in flower by means of fruit and leaf. s throughout the fall, and after the frosts 114 HOW TO KNOW WILD FRUITS have somewhat changed its taste is eaten byrobins. The bitter bark is somewhat similarin its action to Peruvian bark and is sometimessubstituted for it. The plant grows in dry woods from southernNew England west to Ontario and Minnesotaand south to Florida and Texas. SPRING OR CREEPING WINTERGREEN CHECKERBERRY. BOXBERRY TEABERRY Gaultheria procumbens Heath Family Fruit. -=^ The actual fruit capsule is five-celled,with many seeds in each cell. It is like aflattened sphere in shape, and its flesh is verythin. This capsule, however, is nearly inclosedin a thickened, fleshy, red calyx, which gives tothe whole the appearance of a berry. The de-veloped calyx plainly shows its five lobes. It issubtended at the base by two small bracts. The so-called berries grow on short, droopingstems from the leaf axils. They are usuallysolitary. The berry is dry and mealy, but has adelightful aromatic flavor similar to the 115 116 HOW TO KNOW WILD FRUITS Leaves. — The usually few, thick, evergreenleaves are borne at the ends of the are alternate, ovate and glossy above witha whitened under surface. They are sparselytoothed with bristle-like teeth. The petioles areshort and reddish. The young leaves are tenderand delicious in flavor. Floivers. — The usually solitary, white, nod-ding flowers are waxy and vaselike. When we search woods and moist banks inJune for the Young Wintergreen we are aptto find last years berries still lingering. Thenew fruits ripen in the fall, and serve during thewinter as food for the birds. This plant is oneexample of red fruits contrasted with evergreenleaves. The branches grow from a creeping orunderground stem. The plant is found in vari-ous localities. Its range is southward fromMaine and west to Michigan. RED BEARBERRY Arctostaphylos Uva-Ursi Heath Family Fruit. —
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