258 SPORT IN NORWAY. 
The following description of the distribution of the 
vegetable products of Norway, will, I think, be found 
interesting. I cannot, therefore, do better than follow 
the same plan adopted by Dr. Schiibeler in his synopsis 
of the ‘ Vegetable Products of Norway,’ which I trans- 
lated for him from the original MSS., at request, and 
which was solely intended for distribution at the late 
International Exhibition.* 
The Norwegian name of each plant will be found 
appended, for the especial benefit of those who have 
some slight acquaintance with the Norsk language. 
I.—FRUIT TREES AND SHRUBS. 
Atmonp (Amygdalus communis, L. “ Mandel”).—Ripen as 
standards in warm summers between lat. 58° and lat 592° in the 
south. 
AppLte (Pyrus Malus, L. “ Able”).—Grow wild in lowlands 
up to Throndhjem, lat. 63° 25’, in a cultivated state up to lat. 65°. 
Probably no apple-trees are found higher than this at any other 
place in the world. There are 3846 known varieties in Norway. 
Apples weighing as much as 25; ounces have been known; and 
an apple-tree in Hardanger has been known to yield 38 
to 39 bushels. The following remark taken from the ‘ Bel- 
gique Horticole’ (1859, Février, pp. 158, 154, and Juillet 
1860, pp. 317-819), ““ Notre pomologie nationale ne peut donc que 
gagner en recrutant les meilleures variétés issues du rude climat 
de la Norvége,” is well worthy of notice. 
Foreign,’ 1863, by Dr. B. Seemann. Iam also indebted to a little 
pamphlet, ‘Den Skandinaviske Halvé,’ by E. Loffler, of Copenhagen, 
for much valuable information. 
* T have in the following made several additions from his larger 
work, ‘ Die Culturpflanzen Norwegens.’ 
