| Title | Hurtleberries |
| Caption | Currants |
| Source | Ted Bodner. James H. Miller and Karl V. Miller. 2005. Forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses. University of Georgia Press., Athens. |
| Date | 2005 |
| URL | http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=VAAR&photoID=vaar_004_avp.tif |
| Creator | Ted Bodner |
| Type | Photograph |
| Copyright | Ted Bodner 2005 |
| Origin | Internet |
| Notes | Hurtleberies- Hariot p.18 “Mulberies, Applecrabs, Hurts or Hurtleberies, such as wee have in England. Hurts-see Hurtleberies, Currans Bellis ‘Hurts’ is an English term for berries produced by plants belonging to the Heath Family (Ericaceae). These include blueberries, huckleberries. |
Hurts / hurtleberries – These terms occurs on pg. 756 with other fruits which Hariot found that the New World had in common with England. The OED tentatively equates these two terms, as does Hariot. In both cases, the OED also equates these with both “whortleberries” and “huckleberries” – thus it seems as if hurtleberries, whortleberries, and huckleberries are, linguistically and taxonomically, all the same berry. - Matt