VEGETABLE PRODUCTIONS OF NORWAY. 259 
There is what the French call a peculiar précocité in the vege- 
tation of the north to ripen; and it requires some little time be- 
fore this peculiarity is lost by transplanting into a more southern 
climate. The same writer remarks that from experiments made 
with apples from the north of Europe, “‘ qu’elles se montrent plus 
précoces que les mémes plantes, qui sont restées dans leur situa- 
tion premiere, bien qu elles soient cultivées lune & cdté de 
Vautre.” And he therefore adds that it will be wise to look to 
the north for some of its vegetable treasures. There can be little 
doubt, I think, that our pomology would be considerably im- 
proved by introducing some of the best Norwegian kinds into our 
gardens and orchards. There are, I believe, about 18 va- 
rieties peculiar to Norway. 
Apricot (drmeniaca vulgaris, L. “ Apricos”).—Will ripen 
in average summers as far north as lat. 61°. Usually grown 
against walls. 
BRAMBLE (Rubus fruticosus, L. “ Bjornebeer”)—With other 
Species grow as far north as lat. 66°. ‘The Arctic bramble” 
(Rubus Arcticus, “‘ Aakerber”) grows in great quantities on the 
banks of Tysfjord, lat. 68°, and is found as far north as lat. 70°, 
where in warm summers it will ripen. The delicate aromatic 
flavour of its fruit renders it worthy of cultivation. 
Cuerry (Prunus avium, L. “ Kirseber”).—Doubtful whether 
found wild in the southern parts of the country. In Umes 
parish, one of the interior arms of the Sogne Fjord, lat. 61°, there 
is a regular forest of these trees about 23 miles in length. 
When cultivated, the cherry will grow as a standard as far north 
as lat. 66°. There are 22 varieties of cherries under cultiva- 
tion. 
CHESTNUT (Castanea vesca, Giirt. “‘ Castanie”)—Grows on the 
south coast up to Christiania, where it ripens in warm summers. 
CLouDBERRY (Rubus chamemorus, L. “ Multebzer”).—Grows 
everywhere on marshy places. Great quantities come annually 
from Nordland and Finmark for sale in Christiania. These have 
a finer aroma than is the case with those growing more to the 
south. Formerly the Norwegian government used to farm the 
“multer” marshes in Finmark ; and even now they are held in such 
importance that the Storthing of 1854 made a special enactment 
concerning them, to the effect ‘“‘that no one may pluck the 
berries on the ‘multer’ lands in Finmark and Nordland, unless 
