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Hi Roland,
On the topic of high-bushes ... highbush blueberry (Vaccinium
corymbosum L.) is found primarily in Yarmouth, Shelburne, and
southern Digby counties, but there are some records from central
Queens county and the southwestern part of Halifax county (east to
Halifax). It has been extensively cultivated and in Roland's Flora of
Nova Scotia it notes that over 50 cultivars have been successively
developed and released since 1920.
Cheers,
Chris
On Dec 18, 2007, at 6:51 PM, Roland McCormick wrote:
> I have a strange feeling that I said high bush blueberries instead
> of cranberries in my post a couple of minutes ago. I have a few
> thriving high bush blueberries, but the cranberries - no.
> Incidentally, are there high bush blueberries growing wild in NS
> outside of Yarmouth? I have seen them in Yarmouth, but no where else.
>
> Roland.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David&Jane Schlosberg
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 4:32 PM
> Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Highbush Cranberry
>
> You perhaps already know this, but viburnum opulus is also known
> as "crampbark". We had a stand of it on the edge of a marshy area,
> where we lived in Pictou county. Oldtimers said it was used for
> menstrual cramps. It did make a reasonably good sauce, similar to
> regular cranberry.
> Jane Schlosberg
> -----Original Message-----
> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-
> owner@chebucto.ns.ca]On Behalf Of Christopher Majka
> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 10:50 AM
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> Subject: [NatureNS] Highbush Cranberry
>
> Hi folks,
>
> Roland's Flora of Nova Scotia says of Viburnum opulus L. (highbush
> cranberry) that it is found from Annapolis and Cumberland counties
> to northern Cape Breton, occasionally becoming more common eastward
> along intervales in central Nova Scotia. It is frequently planted
> and occasionally escapes around towns such as Wolfville, Truro,
> Halifax, and elsewhere.
>
> Note: the name of the plant is now Viburnum opulus L. (Laburnum, or
> golden-chain, is a yellow-flowered bush in the pea family). The old
> name of Viburnum trilobum Marsh. was formerly applied to the North
> American variety of this plant (Viburnum opulus is also native to
> and widely distributed in Europe and Asia). This north American
> variety is now called Viburnum opulus var. americanumAiton. In
> variety americanum the glands on the petioles are stalked. I
> believe both varieties can be found in Nova Scotia, V. opulus as
> as an escaped planted bush, and V. o. americanum as the native
> variety found in the wild.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Chris
>
> On Dec 18, 2007, at 9:37 AM, Mike McCall wrote:
>
>> We have several high bush cranberry bushes on our property here in
>> Hall's Harbour.
>> One that tops 5 feet regularly attracts Ruffed Grouse who do a
>> high-wire act when
>> they haul their bulk up the slender stalks to reach high hanging
>> fruit.
>>
>> The bush laburnum trilobum is native, although Durr tells us it is
>> found in New
>> Brunswick (and many other places) but doesn't mention Nova Scotia.
>>
>> Mike McCall
>> On 17-Dec-07, at 8:16 PM, Roland McCormick wrote:
>>
>>> I have never seen high bush cranberries in Nova Scotia, and
>>> didn't know we had any here. The only place I have seen them is
>>> in northern New Brunswick. Do we have very many of them in NS ?
>>>
>
> Christopher Majka
> Nova Scotia Museum, 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
> B3H 3A6
> c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca
>
>
>
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topic of high-bushes ... highbush blueberry (<i>Vaccinium corymbosum</i> =
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