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part of a ship’s lading. And at least one frequently quoted bit of evidence linking berries and whaling, a supposed passage from Moby-Dick about how Ahab refused to carry them against the scurvy, is definitely made up (Ahab was many things, but he wasn’t an incompetent).

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It’s also called the “frog run,” because the screaming of the peeper frogs used to signal the season’s end.