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is a plant of North temperate and arctic regions. The Highlanders of Scotland
frequently eat the berries in milk and sometimes make them into tarts and
jellies. In the Orkneys, the blaeberry grows in abundance, the fruit of
large size; wine of fine flavor has been made from it. Johnson says the
berries are slightly acid and sweetish but do not possess much flavor in
the faw state, though liked by some persons. They are sold in the English
markets. This is a favorite food of the Rocky Mountains Indians.
