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2 unusual facts about Huckleberry


Huckleberry

The tiny size of the berries led to their use as a way of referring to something small, often affectionately as in the lyrics of Moon River.

Pryor Creek, Oklahoma

Originally named Coo-Y-Yah, Cherokee for Huckleberry, it was renamed Pryor Creek, the name of the local railroad station (named for the creek).


Blue huckleberry

Vaccinium deliciosum (also called Cascade bilberry or Cascade huckleberry), Western United States and British Columbia, Canada - a bilberry

Desolation Wilderness

The sparse woodlands of widely scattered western junipers and lodgepole pines are interrupted by patches of montaine chaparral species such as Pinemat Manzanita, Huckleberry Oak, and Mountain Pride Penstemon clinging to the expanses of barren rock.

Dillon Brothers

Their hits included "Do, Do, My Huckleberry Do" (1893), "Put Me Off at Buffalo" (1895), and "Why Did They Sell Killarney?" (1899).

Drysdale Overture

In writing it, the composer once wrote that he was "left with that lovely Mark Twain image of Jim and Huckleberry drifting on their barge down that great river, looking up at the stars and wondering 'whether they was made, or only just happened'"

Joel Courtney

Alongside Jake T. Austin, Courtney will be portraying Tom Sawyer in Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn, an adaptation of Mark Twain's classic, written and directed by Jo Kastner.

Ridgely, Maryland

Ridgely's economy flourished as a result of its flourishing local crop production, including strawberries, huckleberries, vegetables, eggs, and poultry.

Roger Finn

Finn was born Roger Armstrong-Wright but is believed to have taken the Stage name Finn from his favourite book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.

Six Figures

The song, "(I'll Be Yo') Huckleberry", was originally heard in the film, Booty Call, and was also released as a single to promote the film's soundtrack.

Tipsoo Lake

The area is popular with photographers as the shores and surrounding area abound with the vibrant yellow, orange and purple colors of huckleberry, lupine, Indian paintbrush, and Partridgefoot.

Vaccinium membranaceum

The huckleberry is the official state fruit of Idaho, with this particular species assumed to be the huckleberry in question.

Vaccinium parvifolium

Vaccinium parvifolium, the red huckleberry, is a species of Vaccinium native to western North America, where it is common in forests from southeastern Alaska and British Columbia south through western Washington and Oregon to central California.


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