2006-09-09 02:59:09 · 9 answers · asked by Emily C 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
They really are not.
Blueberries are different that huckleberries. I believe the
same-name arrived from the older folks.
They are definately different.
check it out.
2006-09-09 03:01:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Huckleberry is a name used in North America for several plants in two closely related genera in the family Ericaceae: Gaylussacia and Vaccinium.
While some Vaccinium species, such as the Red Huckleberry, are always called huckleberries, other species may be called blueberries or huckleberries depending upon local custom. Similar Vaccinium species in Europe are called bilberries.
Note that there is much confusion in naming of berries in American English. The 'garden huckleberry' (Solanum melanocerasum) is not considered to be a true huckleberry but a member of the nightshade family.
2006-09-09 03:01:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Whortleberry from the Anglo-Saxon and Bilberry from the Danish are European names for Blueberries, Fifteen or 20 species of them are found in North America. Most kinds bear fruit in clusters. There are
also about 40 species of Huckleberries, all native to North America, but in some parts of the United States the name "huckleberry" is improperly used for both blueberries and true huckleberries. Other people
mistakenly believe that blueberries always have blue or bluish fruit, and that all huckleberries are black or purplish black. However, there are dark-colored blueberries, and huckleberries that are distinctly blue, but there is a sure way to tell one from the other: blueberries have a large number of tiny soft seeds, whereas the huckleberries have 10 rather large, bony seeds.
2006-09-09 03:08:48 · answer #3 · answered by johnslat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are related but definitely not the same. You never see huckleberries in the market and you do find huckleberries growing in the wild.
2006-09-09 08:21:13 · answer #4 · answered by COACH 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never knew they were called huckleberries, I always thought they were different?
2006-09-09 03:07:22 · answer #5 · answered by peachez082 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are not the same fruit, huckleberries are almost black and tiny while blueberries are a blueish purple and bigger.
2006-09-09 03:22:59 · answer #6 · answered by couchP56 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe thats the way the people in YOUR area call it. because i didn't know that they were called huckleberries.
2006-09-09 03:03:13 · answer #7 · answered by ♥Brittany♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there not, huckleberries are actually a diffrent species, but closely related
2006-09-09 03:02:13 · answer #8 · answered by bchylik 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they aren't. they are two completely different things..
2006-09-09 16:27:42 · answer #9 · answered by tulip70707 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋