American blueberry

They are related to the North American blueberries and huckleberries.

The bilberry is closely related to the North American blueberry.

It is one of the wild origins and predecessors of the North American blueberry.

It has much in common with the American blueberry (Vaccinium cyanococcus).

The North American Blueberry Council's Web site suggests that blueberries make you younger.

Adding to the confusion is the fact there are also wild American blueberry varieties, sold in stores mainly in the USA and Canada.

In cooking, the bilberry fruit is commonly used for the same purposes as the American blueberry: pies, cakes, jams, muffins, cookies, sauces, syrups, juices, candies and so on.

Blaeberry, blåbær and French myrtilles usually refer to the European native bilberry (V. myrtillus), while bleuets refers to the North American blueberry.

Creeping blueberries, although they are native to North America, do not seem to be most closely related to North American blueberries, but instead to South American Vaccinium species.

Since many people refer to "blueberries", no matter if they mean the bilberry (European blueberry) Vaccinium myrtillus or the American blueberries, there is a lot of confusion about the two closely similar fruits.

In tribute to the Galletta family's pioneering role in the development of the New Jersey and American blueberry industries, the Federal Department of Agriculture has named one of the nation's most productive varieties for it, the "Bluetta."

"Because of the new laws, we now have to fill out forms on every worker and to document that he has a Social Security number," said Arthur J. Galletta, treasurer of the North American Blueberry Company of Hammonton, which accounts for half the state's blueberry production.