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across the plains brought some sprouts of the buffalo berry and 

 planted them. I was at his farm several years ago, and found his 

 trees eight or ten feet high and literally loaded with fruit. He gave 

 me a number of trees which I have set, and they are looking fairly 

 well. 



Prof. Porter. I shall get trees from the Sisseton reservation as I am 

 informed they grow there in large quantities. 



Col. Stevens. I was there in an early day and did not find them. 

 I think you will find plent}^ of them at Devil's Lake. They bear 

 transplanting very well. 



Mr. Sias. I planted a pint of seed and had the same trouble with 

 them Prof. Porter speaks of. 



Prof. Porter. I consider the buffalo berry one of the most promis- 

 ing trees we have. 



Mr. Brand said, J. H. Brown, of Lac qui Parle county, had a good 

 many other trees in his garden. He had examined them and con- 

 sidered them a nuisance as a hedge. 



President Elliot had received a number of the plants from Fort Lin- 

 coln, three years ago, a part of which had lived, but he had doubts as 

 to their value for a hedge 



Col. Stevens. As a hardy plant there is nothing superior. It 

 grows at Fort Buford without sprouting out at all. It is one of the 

 finest plants we have in the northwest for ornamental purposes and 

 for a hedge; I am not speaking of its fruit. 



Mr, Smith. Are there not two varieties? I have seen those that 

 succored very little. 



Col. Stevens. I think there are two varieties. 



Mr. Urie. Chas. Hoag has them growing in North Minneapolis. 



Col. Stevens The fruit is almost equal to a currant after the frost. 



Mr. Gibbs. The Shepherdie is on our list for trial. There are 

 characteristics about it that make it very attractive. It is an orna- 

 mental plant. It is the latest tree to hold its fruit that I know of and 

 it keeps its leaf until late, and is valuable oq that account. 



Mr. Smith. It bears cutting well. 



Mr. Gibbs. Yes, and it is almost independent of drouth and bears 

 abundantly; one of those plants adapted to a dry country. It seems 

 to be at home in the arid regions of Dakota; where the annual rainfall 

 is less than twelve inches. For an ornamental hedge it must be de- 

 sirable. The fruit is good but it takes quite a time to fill a box with 

 them. The flavor is similar to that of the cranberry; it makes nice 

 jelly. If any of the horticultural experiment stations in this State 



