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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_18EC_01CEA216.F028A9A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Steve & All, Aug 26, 2013 Yes the genus, delineatd by HBK (Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth), was = named for Louis Joseph Gay-Lussac according to Fernald. Yt, DW =20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Steve Shaw=20 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 2:28 PM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] re names for huckleberry -- was this year's = blueberry and huckleberry crop ? An odd genus name, but presumably it's Gaylussacia not Gaylussaica in = the other post, relating somehow to the family name of the famous French = chemist Joseph Gay-Lussac, born in the 1700s and an author of one of the = gas laws. Apparently some of his descendants live in Ontario -- is that = the name connection to the plant, that it was discovered first and named = by, or for, one of them? Steve On 26-Aug-13, at 12:01 PM, James W. Wolford wrote: Gaylussacia baccata and G. dumosa, huckleberry and bog huckleberry, = respectively, in family Ericaceae or heather/heath family. Jim in = Wolfville. Begin forwarded message: From: Dave&Jane Schlosberg <dschlosb-g@ns.sympatico.ca> Date: August 26, 2013 10:26:25 AM ADT To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] this year's blueberry and huckleberry crop = ? Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Would someone please give me the Latin name for = =93huckleberries=94? I am aware of more than one species that have that = common name. Thanks. Jane From: Henk Kwindt Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2013 8:56 PM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] this year's blueberry and huckleberry crop = ? A few days ago I was looking for huckleberries in Queens county = and there were hardly any. Here in Cow Bay there are lots of blackberries but it is hard to = find ripe ones what I blame on the robbins which seem to be everywhere = this summer, never seen so many here. Of course, the robbins go where = the berries are, but they used to leave lots for me, however not this = summer. Henk Kwindt, Cow Bay, NS. ----- Original Message ----- From: Dusan Soudek To: NatureNS Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2013 5:00 PM Subject: [NatureNS] this year's blueberry and huckleberry crop ? The wild berry season is upon us, but I am finding very, very = few ripe fruit. I have recently visited some of my favourite berry spots = in or near HRM, but am finding the crop very poor compared to last year. = Particularly so for huckleberries. Any observations from wild berry = pickers elsewhere in the province? Dusan Soudek No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3211/6605 - Release Date: = 08/24/13 No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3211/6594 - Release Date: = 08/20/13 ------=_NextPart_000_18EC_01CEA216.F028A9A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dwindows-1252" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.23515"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY=20 style=3D"WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"=20 bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV>Hi Steve & All, = =20 Aug 26, 2013</DIV> <DIV> Yes the genus, delineatd by HBK (Humboldt, = Bonpland=20 & Kunth), was named for Louis Joseph Gay-Lussac according to=20 Fernald.</DIV> <DIV>Yt, DW</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20 dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 Steve Shaw = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 26, 2013 = 2:28=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] re = names for=20 huckleberry -- was this year's blueberry and huckleberry crop ?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>An odd genus name, but presumably it's Gaylussacia not=20 Gaylussaica in the other post, relating somehow to the family name of = the=20 famous French chemist Joseph Gay-Lussac, born in the 1700s and an = author of=20 one of the gas laws. Apparently some of his descendants live in = Ontario=20 -- is that the name connection to the plant, that it was discovered = first and=20 named by, or for, one of them? <DIV>Steve</DIV> <DIV><BR> <DIV> <DIV>On 26-Aug-13, at 12:01 PM, James W. Wolford wrote:</DIV><BR=20 class=3DApple-interchange-newline> <BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite">Gaylussacia baccata and G. dumosa, = huckleberry=20 and bog huckleberry, respectively, in family Ericaceae or = heather/heath=20 family. Jim in Wolfville.<BR> <DIV><BR> <DIV>Begin forwarded message:</DIV><BR = class=3DApple-interchange-newline> <BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica; COLOR: #000000" color=3D#000000 = size=3D3=20 face=3DHelvetica><B>From: </B></FONT><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px = Helvetica"=20 size=3D3 face=3DHelvetica>Dave&Jane Schlosberg <<A=20 = href=3D"mailto:dschlosb-g@ns.sympatico.ca">dschlosb-g@ns.sympatico.ca</A>= ></FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica; COLOR: #000000" color=3D#000000 = size=3D3=20 face=3DHelvetica><B>Date: </B></FONT><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px = Helvetica"=20 size=3D3 face=3DHelvetica>August 26, 2013 10:26:25 AM = ADT</FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica; COLOR: #000000" color=3D#000000 = size=3D3=20