262 SPORT IN NORWAY. 
Perhaps no other fruit varies so much in taste, according to 
latitude, as does the plum. ‘Thus, there is a striking difference 
between a ripe plum at Christiania and at Throndhjem. 
Quince (Cydonia vulgaris, Pers. “ Kvaede”’).—Is cultivated at 
a few places on the south-eastern coast between lat. 58° and lat. 
60°. The fruit ripens in hot summers. 
RasPBeRRY (Rubus Ideus, L. “ Bringeber”).—Grows wild 
everywhere up to lat. 70°, where the red variety will ripen. The 
yellow raspberry is not found above lat. 67°. On the fjelds it 
attains rather a higher altitude than the fir. 
SrrawBeErRy (Fragaria vesca, L. “Jordber”).—Is found wild 
up to lat. 70°. Many of the finer varieties are cultivated in 
gardens, and will even ripen, I believe, at Alten. 
Watnot (Juglans regia, L. “Valnod”).—Is not uncommon 
along the coast from Christiania to Throndhjem. It will ripen in 
average summers as far north as lat. 61°. The most northerly 
walnut-tree in Norway (probably in the world) stands in the 
parsonage garden at Frosten, lat. 63° 35', some miles north 
of Throndhjem. In very warm summers the fruit will ripen. 
A few miles south of Bergen there is a walnut-tree 58 feet high, . 
measuring in girth 6% feet, at a distance of 4 feet from the. 
ground, 
Il.—FOREST AND ORNAMENTAL TREES AND 
SHRUBS. 
Amantuo (Adanthus glandulosa, Desf.)—Some specimens, 
raised from seed, may be seen in the Botanical Gardens, Chris- 
tiania. 
ALDER (Alnus glutinosa Willd. ‘‘ Or,” “ Older,” “ Svartor,” 
&c.).—Is common on the banks of rivers, &c., in the south. It 
does not attain a higher altitude than 800 to 1,000 feet above the 
sea; nor does it extend further north than lat. 68°. In the 
parish of Indvigen, in ‘‘ Nordre Bergenhuus,” lat. 61° 47’, there 
is a very fine specimen of this tree. It is 40 feet in height, and 
is divided into three main branches, each about 18 feet in circum- 
ference; between the ground and the fork the trunk measures 
40 feet in girth. It is popularly believed that it is very lucky 
to have one of these trees growing on one’s property. 
