WILD BLUEBERRY

 

PLANT—

Low shrub spreading across heath and low ground
Fruit small and dark, near the soil
Leaves small and dark along thin woody stems
Stems wiry and outward growing

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SEASON—

Flowering late spring
Fruit ripening late summer
Dried for winter keeping

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ARCHIVE—

Domestic dye notes, 19th century

“The juice of the blueberry yields a deep purple stain, fixed best upon wool.
Iron darkens the color.”

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CORRESPONDENCES—

Late summer
Low heath
Stored fruit

 

NAMES—

Wild blueberry
Blueberry

 

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