[pct-l] Huckleberries

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'Google' or 'Ask Jeeves'...

Below is just one of many from online search <http://archives.cnn.com/2000/FOOD/news/08/24/gardening.blueberries.ap/index.html>...

"What's the difference between blueberries and huckleberries? The names are frequently interchanged. But horticulturists will tell you the huckleberry has 10 large seeds and the blueberry many tiny soft seeds."

Another, <http://gears.tucson.ars.ag.gov/book/chap7/huckleberry.html>...

"There are more than 40 species of U.S. huckleberries. In general appearance, they are so similar to blueberries that the common names are sometimes interchanged (fig. 117). The important difference between the two is in the ripe fruit. The huckleberry has 10 relatively large bony seeds that makes the fruit objectionable for some people to eat, whereas the blueberry may have as many as 65 seeds, but they are small and not objectionable (Darrow and Moore 1962, Eck and Childers 1966)."

BTW, Google had 60,400 hits for "Difference between blueberries and huckleberries?"...

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