| 单词 | whortleberry |
| 例句 | "We might almost have known you were coming,” laughs my sister, "there is just your favourite dish, potato-cakes, and even whortleberries to go with them too.” All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z For the most part it was covered with a thick growth of gorse and whortleberry, and low tough thorns, though here and there clearings opened, the scars of recent fires. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The heroes are rewritten in sly anecdotes – “Scott stares at the Christmas tree”; they write mordant diary entries – “the drudgery of courage”; or “dream of whortleberry jam”. Disasters, drudgery and dreams of jam: the best books to explore the Antarctic 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z The cove had fields of considerable extent, covered with dwarf willows, juniper berry, black crakeberry, and whortleberry heath, with many patches of fine grass. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z The undergrowth consists of honeysuckle, alder, whortleberry, a plant like the mountain-holly, green brier, and fern. Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers 2012-02-07T03:00:09.010Z We left dear old Brattleboro on Sunday afternoon, at five o'clock, serenely packed in our little carriage; the good old boarding-house woman kissed me, and presented me with a bundle, containing cake, biscuits, and whortleberries.... Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z If General Cass went in advance of me picking whortleberries, I guess I surpassed him in charges upon the wild onions. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:35.370Z It consisted of oatmeal biscuits, Gruyère cheese, whortleberry jam, and chocolate; and there is little doubt that these six adventurers “ate as one eats in the springtime of youth.” Fridtjof Nansen A book for the young 2011-11-17T03:00:36.810Z On these they made a delicious meal, seasoned by abundant berries, for in this country there remain on the bushes throughout the winter cranberries and red whortleberries. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z This berry is black, and about the size of a pistol shot, but of rather an oblong shape, and open at the top like the blue whortleberry. The Adventures of John Jewitt Only Survivor of the Crew of the Ship Boston During a Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Indians of Nootka Sound in Vancouver Island 2011-11-15T03:00:19.650Z Blae′berry, Scotch name for the bilberry or whortleberry. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z And once, when we yonkers went upon a whortleberry excursion, with O'Lara for our pilot, he showed us the spot where the wedding took place, and described it as it was at the time. Mind Amongst the Spindles 2011-09-20T02:00:13.677Z I did not get very far away—I may mention this at once—but for two nights and days I stayed in the heart of a spruce-pine wood, living on bread-and-cheese and whortleberries. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z Then Gander Joe cried and writhed, and promised to be more diligent in picking whortleberries in future. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z With the bread, they always had a fine soup of clear spring water, and almost every day a delicious dessert,—strawberries, raspberries, Arctic blackberries, blueberries, red whortleberries, wild cherries, or berries from the mountain-ash. Top of the World Stories for Boys and Girls Translated from the Scandinavian Languages 2011-06-21T02:00:28.070Z She would go off in the morning with the punt full of books, and spend long glorious days away in the forest lying on the green springy carpet of whortleberries, reading. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z Three-quarters of an hour after we left our horses, we found ourselves on the whortleberry ground—some of us singing, some chatting, and all trying to see who could pick the most berries. Mind Amongst the Spindles 2011-09-20T02:00:13.677Z Sometimes she got a chance to speak to her child, to give her a bit of wampum, or a tiny basket to pick whortleberries in; and this was all the happiness she asked. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z The following are used to make pies: apples, apricots, cherries, currants, blackberries, cranberries, gooseberries, grapes, mulberries, oranges, peaches, pears, pine-apples, plums, quinces, raspberries, lemon, rhubarb, prunes, whortleberries, etc. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z Strawberries, raspberries, whortleberries, and cherries, were growing everywhere wild, and in abundance. Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men 2011-02-10T03:00:51.280Z It was the rarest thing that she met a woodman, or children picking whortleberries. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z These girls without baskets such as the bilberry and whortleberry pickers, and raspberry gatherers had to carry. The Children of Alsace Les Oberl?s 2011-01-16T03:00:19.697Z Fill this with alternate layers of whortleberries or blueberries, and granulated sugar. The Century Cook Book 2011-01-04T03:01:10.367Z And then they went on again, following Sir Archibald, often stopping, and triumphing like children when they came on a large patch where the whortleberries had spread unhindered like a miniature orchard. Footsteps of Fate 2010-12-20T17:11:56.663Z We shall very soon have no coffee, nor sugar, nor pepper, here; but whortleberries and milk we are not obliged to commerce for. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams I had one meal of bag-pudding—Indian—with a few whortleberries in it. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician In summer we will gather strawberries in yonder fields, or whortleberries from the adjacent shrubbery. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact Spread over the top a meringue similar to that described for whortleberry pudding, and leave it in the oven just long enough to brown. The Century Cook Book 2011-01-04T03:01:10.367Z The ground was barren in the extreme, except at our breakfasting place, where there was a convenient clump of wood and a profusion of whortleberries. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea Hard-wooded plants will be generally found to do best; indeed, some of the shrub tribe succeed very well, particularly barberry, pernettyas, the early daphnes, whortleberries, gaultheria shallon and cotoneaster. Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them The picking of the fruit begins in New Jersey in October, at the close of the blackberry and whortleberry season, and often lasts until the coming in of cold weather. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" A clutch of eggs, honey, delicious mast, God has sent it: Sweet apples, red whortleberries, And blaeberries. Ancient Irish Poetry Line a mold one or one and a half inches thick with vanilla ice-cream; fill the center with fresh strawberries, raspberries, whortleberries, peaches, bananas, or any fruit. The Century Cook Book 2011-01-04T03:01:10.367Z Our Indian friends left us to warn some more of their countrymen, of our situation, and five others arrived in the evening, bringing meat and large basketfuls of whortleberries. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea Among the younger ones, he at once, and with full frankness, recognized old schoolmates, and partners in various whortleberry, chestnut, and strawberry excursions, and thus called out an abundant flow of conversation. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings The cowberry, or red whortleberry, Vaccinium Vitis-Idaea, is sometimes sold for the cranberry. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Hurts is short for hurtleberry, which is another way of writing whortleberry, the correct old English form which we have since corrupted into huckleberry. Old Plymouth Trails We had corn bread and gravy for dinner, with a tremendous dessert, the suggestion of Custis, consisting of whortleberry flitters, with butter and sugar sauce, costing about $16. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital We were making among wet whortleberry thicket and torn rock towards the spot where I had seen the birds wheel and circle, screaming. Miss Cayley's Adventures Then they closed the window, and descended to the room below, where Nanny had prepared the evening meal of snowy bread and milk, and ripe purple whortleberries. Daisy's Necklace And What Came of It I fed them with whortleberries, which they seemed to relish, and they would come almost to my feet to get them.” Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 2 February, 1897 The baked sweet apple and whortleberry seem to be least objectionable. Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages Including a System of Vegetable Cookery It was very rocky, the only vegetation being some scant grass and some whortleberry bushes. Robert Coverdale's Struggle Or, On The Wave Of Success Hint that it is merely the English bilberry or blaeberry, or whortleberry and—but no one dares hint that. Westward with the Prince of Wales All of a sudden, as I part a large thick cluster of whortleberry bushes, I hear an indescribably quick rattle, amounting to a hum as it were—fearful and thrilling in the extreme. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 5. May 1848 We have had whortleberries, plums, and mulberries this summer. Harper's Young People, July 6, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Ripe blackberries and whortleberries, to be kept long, should be dried perfectly in the sun, then tied up in bags that are thick enough to exclude the air. The American Housewife Containing the Most Valuable and Original Receipts in all the Various Branches of Cookery; and Written in a Minute and Methodical Manner In summer, we will gather strawberries in yonder fields, or whortleberries from the adjacent shrubbery. Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father Nor will they recognise bilberries or whortleberries so called; "hurts" is the name. Highways and Byways in Surrey Not so pleasant as picking whortleberries, to say the least of it. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 5. May 1848 Here now are whortleberries, ripe and black, growing actually within reach of my hand, yet unseen till this moment. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 Strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, whortleberries, cherries, plums, grapes, figs, apples, pears, peaches, and melons are "food fit for gods." How To Behave: A Pocket Manual Of Republican Etiquette, And Guide To Correct Personal Habits Embracing An Exposition Of The Principles Of Good Manners; Useful Hints On The Care Of The Person, Eating, Drinking, Exercise, Habits, Dress, Self-Culture, And Behavior At Home; The Etiquette Of Salutations, Introductions, Receptions, Visits, Dinners, Evening Parties, Conversation, Letters, Presents, Weddings, Funerals, The Street, The Church, Places Of Amusement, Traveling, Etc., With Illustrative Anecdotes, a Chapter on Love and Courtship, and Rules of Order for Debating Societies Now and again she stopped to pick and eat whortleberries from the massed bushes beneath the trees. Antony Gray,—Gardener Each day the air grew warmer, and they could pick as they walked any quantity of raspberries and whortleberries. Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia This soon got about, and the consequence was a whortleberry party the very next day. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 5. May 1848 “You can see that everywhere; and these bluebell-harebell-campanula things, and the dandelion blossoms, and the whortleberry and hogweed and wild parsley stuff: you see them all at home.” The Crystal Hunters A Boy's Adventures in the Higher Alps Crossing the Au Sable, we soon came to the tamarac forests and whortleberry plains, so characteristic of the tract between that river and the Saranac lakes. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy He then gave them, in a birch bark dish, some boiled wild rice, seasoned with dry whortleberries. The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago Among these are Ladies Bedstraw, whortleberry, yellow iris, bracken, bramble, meadow sweet, alder, heather and many others. Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer I tell you what it is, reader, there is sport in picking whortleberries. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 5. May 1848 Downing gradually slackened his pace, and when Yates was some thirty yards in advance of him, sprang into a dense cluster of tall whortleberry bushes, where he was effectually concealed. Daniel Boone The Pioneer of Kentucky And then, amongst the great boulders covered with white lichen that lie along the sides of streams, the leaves of the whortleberries turn scarlet over the little round fruit, with its plum-like bloom. Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts He then took one grain of corn, also one of whortleberry, and put them in the pot. The Indian Fairy Book From the Original Legends Now, my friends, I am almost afraid to look in your mouths, lest I should see them black, not with whortleberries, but with something much sweeter, blame and fault-finding. The Village Pulpit, Volume II. Trinity to Advent A Complete Course of 66 Short Sermons, or Full Sermon Outlines for Each Sunday, and Some Chief Holy Days of the Christian Year About the middle of August, the village was honored by repeated visits from the little ragged population of "Barlow's Settlement," on the "Barrens," with quantities of whortleberries for sale. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 5. May 1848 Under our feet was the purple heath with great patches of whortleberry, that tiny shrub that bears the little purply grey fruit. Patience Wins War in the Works Above, the hill-sides are covered with heather and broom and whortleberries among masses of loose rocks, and now and again there is the vivid green of a patch of bog. Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts "No, we will have whortleberries," rejoined the kettle, in a firm voice. The Indian Fairy Book From the Original Legends The earth produced bad fruits; the cranberry and the whortleberry rotted on the frost-nipped bushes, and the strawberry shrivelled on the mildewed vine. Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 Now they would come home laden with wood-flowers, and now they might be seen treading wearily back from some distant spot, with baskets filled with blackberries, or with the dark-blue whortleberries. Evenings at Donaldson Manor Or, The Christmas Guest Here is a man of vast digestive power, who, prizing the flavor of whortleberries and wild apples, insists on making these almost his only food. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 A mountain-ash bearing vividly scarlet bunches of berries hangs over the stream close to the opening; but beyond, only a few stunted thorns grow sparsely amongst an abundance of heather, furze, bracken, and whortleberries. Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts Nor shall whortleberries adorn thee with their crimson juice; that colour is not suitable for lamentations. Illuminated Manuscripts He remembered as a tiny child lying in the sun watching a butterfly like that; watching it walk up and down on a twig of whortleberry, opening and shutting its new-born wings. Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron Cautiously he tasted the big blue whortleberries that grew on high bushes; near water, and found them delicious. Days of the Discoverers The dominie also partook of them, remarking: "This is the whortleberry, or berry of the hart, vulgarly called the huckleberry, although huckle means a hump, which is most inappropriate." Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life Scrofulous Difficulties, a Good Remedy for.—"A tea made of ripe dried whortleberries and drank in place of water is an excellent remedy." Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada The place most pleasant; for the two-and-twentieth, we went ashore, and found It full of wood, vines, gooseberry bushes, whortleberries, raspberries, eglantines, &c. Great Epochs in American History, Vol. II The Planting Of The First Colonies: 1562—1733 The whortleberry with its tiny foliage made a miniature forest of pale golden green at the feet of the dark serried trunks of the pines. Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron We found also the whortleberry, chokecherries, gooseberries, and black currants with wild crab-apples: these last grow in clusters, are of small size and very tart. Narrative of a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America in the years 1811, 1812, 1813, and 1814 or the First American Settlement on the Pacific Higher up there were sheets of fire-red pinks, and on the summit an unbroken carpet of the dwarf whortleberry, with its waxen bells. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 But that day it was enframed in a wreath of green whortleberry twigs, so that it instantly caught the eye of the caller. Jerusalem It had grown to be high summer time just then, and James was amazed to see the crop of whortleberries lying ripe for the picking. The Torch and Other Tales Fay leaned out of the pony carriage and picked from the high bank a spray of whortleberry with a butterfly poised on it. Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron Around it were beds of red phlox, red whortleberry bushes, and wild sunflowers. The Log School-House on the Columbia Through the mist, which still hung heavy on the lake, we plunged into the fir-wood, and hurried on over its uneven carpet of moss and dwarf whortleberries. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 I also saw a peculiarity of the whortleberry's flower, which, when stung by an insect sometimes swells to twenty-five times its natural size, and becomes a fungus.' The Sable Cloud A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861) If General Cass went ahead of me in picking whortleberries, I guess I surpassed him in charges upon the wild onions. The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him She made her sister stop the pony, and knelt down amid the shimmering whortleberry, and tenderly placed the sprig with the butterfly still clinging to it in a little pool of sunshine. Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron She approached the lodge slowly on the occasion of her visit, picking red whortleberries by the way. The Log School-House on the Columbia Raspberry, blackberry and whortleberry may be made the same. The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home A little production about the size of a whortleberry was shown me in Eastern Siberia, where it was pickled and served up as a relish with meat. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life In the summertime their fish and flesh diet could be varied by the innumerable berries growing wild—strawberries, raspberries, currants, cranberries, and whortleberries. Pioneers in Canada The higher we ascend, so much the shorter and more dwarflike do the fir-trees become, shrinking up, as it were, within themselves, until finally only whortleberries, bilberries, and mountain herbs remain. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 06 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Red whortleberries filled the woodland pastures and blackberries the margins of the woods. The Log School-House on the Columbia "We shall very soon have no coffee, nor sugar, nor pepper, but whortleberries and milk we are not obliged to commerce for," she writes, and in letter after letter she begs for pins. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 At Raddevski several kinds of berries were offered us, but only the blackberry and whortleberry were familiar to my eyes. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life The local farmers are said to enjoy four harvests in a year—turf, whortleberries, hay and corn. Somerset Wheat with Fresh Fruit.—Fresh whortleberries, blueberries, and blackberries stirred into any of the well-cooked wheat preparations just before serving, make a very desirable addition. Science in the Kitchen. In summer there were plenty of strawberries, raspberries, whortleberries and blackberries growing wild, but all the cultivated fruit was apples. Death Valley in '49 Here, in their season, we gathered the largest whortleberries, the best walnuts, and the nicest black birch that were to be found all the country round. Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland With the dawn we resumed the journey, and by the way ate our fill of whortleberries, with which the forest abounded. The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I They grow on low shrubs not higher than the whortleberry bush. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 271, September 1, 1827 Blueberries and whortleberries frequently need to be washed. Science in the Kitchen. We found plenty of wild cranberries and whortleberries, which we dried for winter use. Death Valley in '49 I thought, too, of "the clutch of eggs, the honey and the mast" that God sent him, of "the sweet apples and red whortleberries," and of his dish of "strawberries of good taste and colour." The Lake It is a black, tasteless berry, a little larger than the whortleberry. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Tall pines, a thin growth, stood wherever we turned our eyes, and the ground was covered with the dwarf palmetto, and the whortleberry, which is here an evergreen. Letters of a Traveller Notes of Things Seen in Europe and America When cool, add sliced bananas or whole strawberries, whortleberries, raspberries, blackberries, sliced apricots, or peaches. Science in the Kitchen. Then I darted back to Cairo, in a taxi driven by a Nubian youth, so black that he was almost blue, like a whortleberry. It Happened in Egypt The lists were a long alley between the pines, all soft moss and low scrub of whortleberry and heather. The Forest Lovers The shrubs and plants are young bush poplars, whortleberries, shad-bush, brake and sweet fern. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers The mountain-flanks are still bushy and tufty with broom, gorse, and furze; with myrtle, bilberry and whortleberry; with laurels; with heaths 20 feet high, and with the imported pine. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I Whortleberry Pudding.—One quart of new milk, one quart of fine bread crumbs, two quarts of fresh whortleberries, one or two tablespoonfuls of sugar. Science in the Kitchen. The surface of the island is plentifully overgrown with whortleberry and bayberry bushes. Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 2. They were very poor, but he could earn nothing himself, except by gathering whortleberries in their season; then he said, all seven of them turned out with their parents, the youngest in its mother's arms. A Traveller in Little Things We landed a few moments at Point aux Pins, to range along the clean sandy shore, and sandy plains, now abounding in fine whortleberries. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers It looks to be a fine year for berries, yes; whortleberries, crowberries, and fintocks. Wanderers The whortleberry leaves, that were green as the myrtle when the wood-sorrel was in bloom, have faded somewhat now that their berries are ripening. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies Pinewoods rely on their undergrowth—bracken and whortleberry and occasional bushes—for their spring illuminations, and the whitebeam shone as bright in that wood as a lamp in the dark. The Worshipper of the Image There is one very common error in the use of the smaller summer fruits, such as strawberries, whortleberries, currants, &c., which is that of mixing cream, wine, spices, sugar, &c., with them. The Young Mother Management of Children in Regard to Health On parting he reciprocated my presents by some dried whortleberries. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Besides these there were other small berries, maruskins, like the New England dewberries, huckleberries, and whortleberries. Kalitan, Our Little Alaskan Cousin In a cottage some way up the hill we ate clotted cream and whortleberry jam. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies We dined upon potatoes, corn, carrots, and whortleberry pudding, quite sumptuously. Memories of Hawthorne Crab-apples, red, blue and black whortleberries, Scotch, salal, salmon and strawberries are very abundant. Official Report of the Exploration of the Queen Charlotte Islands for the Government of British Columbia Both banks of the river are literally covered with the ripe whortleberry--it is large and delicious. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers The whortleberry bushes are almost as thick as the heather in places on the steep, rocky hills that overlook the Exe. The Life of the Fields The pathway winds in among the trees at the base of the rocky hill; light green whortleberries fill every interstice, bearing tiny red globes of flower—flower-lamps—open at the top. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies Not a green thing was visible except the whortleberries, which tufted a few lonely hillocks rising to the height of the original surface and prevented by this defence from being blown away also. The Earth as Modified by Human Action Shut off from the tavern, the men flocked to hear him and the other speakers, for born orators were just then as thick as unripe whortleberries. The Stillwater Tragedy Their first request is tobacco, although they are half starved, and have lived on nothing but whortleberries for weeks. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Now and then there was an open glade, but the greater part was thickly fringed with heather, bracken, and whortleberry bushes. Herb of Grace Rueful and desperate, they wandered among the sand-hills, through the stunted whortleberry bushes, the rank sand-grass, and the tangled cranberry vines which filled the hollows. Pioneers of France in the New World He never, he added, fed on anything that had life, but lived in the summer on whortleberries, and in winter on nuts and apples, of which he had great store in the woods. The Lady of the Lake The name huckleberry, which is applied indiscriminately to several species of Vaccinium and Gaylussacia," says Professor L. H. Bailey, "is evidently a corruption of whortleberry. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors If General Cass went in advance of me picking whortleberries, I guess I surpassed him in charging upon the wild onion. Lincoln's Yarns and Stories: a complete collection of the funny and witty anecdotes that made Lincoln famous as America's greatest story teller All round them were heather, bracken, whortleberries, and brambles, and later on the hillside would be a glory of purple. Herb of Grace They sat down together on a long flat stone half embedded in a wiry clump of whortleberries. Stories by English Authors: The Orient (Selected by Scribners) At times they helped gather whortleberries as food for the others, but they looked for Indians or game, intending to shoot in either case. The Scouts of the Valley The food that they had brought from the Wyoming fort was almost exhausted, and the wild whortleberries were far from sustaining. The Scouts of the Valley |
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