26 SEEDS AXD PLANTS IMPORTED. 



43195 to 43201. Eubus strigosus Michx. Rosacese. Raspberry. 



From Canada. Collected by Mr. M. J. Dorsey, University of Minnesota, 

 St. Paul. Received August 17, 1916. Quoted notes by Mr. Dorsey. 



" Raspberries carefully selected from plants bearing berries of the best type 

 for the species in the region around Lake Winnipeg and the Riding Moun- 

 tains in Canada for the purpose of securing the wild raspberry for breeding 

 purposes in the northern United States. This species grows abundantly and 

 is generally distributed in the localities visited in Manitoba. It is quite similar 

 in appearance in its northern range to that in the northern part of Minnesota, 

 where I have had the opportunity to observe it quite extensively in the wilds, 

 especially in the region of the Red Lakes, Grand Rapids, Cloquet, Mille Lac, 

 etc. 



" It seemed from the preliminary survey of the field that it would be best to 

 visit the localities on the edge of the granite area extending in a northerly 

 direction about 60 miles east of Winnipeg, as well as the region of the Riding 

 Mountains. The granite area was visited at points around Lac du Bonnet, 

 the Winnipeg River, and the Pinawa River. From these points on the margin of 

 the granite area in the east I proceeded to the west from Winnipeg to the 

 Riding Mountains. Here Ruius strigosus grew generally along ditches and 

 roads and in the burned-over areas of the foothills. 



" In the ea.stern region the raspberries were on the whole bearing more 

 abundantly than those in the west at the Riding Mountains. The isothermal 

 lines extend considerably northward in this region, so it seems to me from the 

 progress of' the season and the nature of the vegetation that perhaps all told 

 the selections in the East on the granite area were from stock subjected to 

 harder weather conditions than in the West. Of course, in this part of Canada 

 when winter sets in it is quite constant, and there is generally snow enough to 

 cover raspberries growing in the wild. For this reason there may be an exten- 

 sion of the species northward, owing to its natural protection rather than to 

 its ability to withstand cold." 



43195. "From Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba, July 30. 1916. Some splendid 

 types were found in this locality, especially where land had been 

 cleared or burned over recently." 



43196. " From Pinawa River, Manitoba, July 31, 1916. From the granite 

 area ; some splendid types were found in this area, especially where 

 the land had been cleared or burned over recently." 



43197. "From Big George Island, Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba, August 5, 

 1916. A fishing station is located on Big Geotge Island, which is 

 occupied for the most part by Indians during the summer and vacatetl 

 during the winter. There are large open areas on the eastern shore 

 where I found the best raspberries of the whole trip. Plants more than 

 5 feet tall were numerous in the cleared area around the fisheries. 

 They were bearing heavily and the Indians were just beginning to pick. 

 The opportunity for selection here was good. The increased size of 

 the plants was undoubtedly due to the better growing conditions of a 

 water-bounded locality." 



43198. "From Little Bull Head. Lake Winnipeg. Manitoba, August 6, 

 1916. Nearly 100 miles northwest of Lac du Bonnet, on the west shore 

 of the lake. The plants in this region were gro^^^ng in open areas in 

 the woods and were, in small patches, efjual to the best I found in the 

 locality of Lac du Bonnet. The ground for the most part around there 

 was low and quite swampy, so that all told T did not consider the region 

 as favorable as Lac du Bonnet, considering the area which could be 

 covered." 



