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affected by dry weather, or by the blight which infests the leaves of the 

 former quite badly at times. 



Crotagus, the red haw, is found on hardwood points, where it grows ten 

 to twelve feet high. 



Amelanchier Canadensis, the juneberry, is found on white pine lands 

 and hardwood points growing from six to ten feet high. It fruits abun- 

 dantly, bearing clusters of berries, which when ripe are as large as the 

 Delaware grape. They are black with a dark bloom, sweet, juicy and 

 with a pleasant flavor. 



Bibes cynosbati, the prickly gooseberry, is found on white pine lands and 

 hardwood points. It has a vigorous growth, and fruits well; the berries 

 being apparently free from the rust or smut. When ripe the prickles on 

 the berries become hard and make them unfit for sauce. 



Bibes gracilis, the smooth gooseberry, is found on white pine lands and 

 hardwood points. It is of a more slender growth and scantier fruitage 

 than the former, and its berries are subject to the rust. 



Bibes Floridum, the black currant, is found in damp, sunny places on 

 white pine lands. The plant is scarce, the fruitage scanty, and the ber- 

 ries have a disagreeable flavor. 



Bibes rubrum, the red currant, is found in the same localities as the 

 black. It is a rare plant with scanty fruitage, but the berries have a very 

 pleasant acid flavor much like the cultivated varieties. 



Sambucus racemosa, the red berried elder, is found on hardwood points, 

 where it grows from eight to ten feet high, and fruits abundantly. 



Vibernum lentago, the black haw, is found on damp rich soil on hard- 

 wood points where it fruits well. 



Viburnum opulus, the high bush cranberry, is found in much the same 

 localities as the black haw, growing from four to six feet high, and fruit- 

 iag well. It is quite plentiful in the central part of this region. 



Physilis grandiflora, the wild tomato, is found on the dry rich soil of 

 hardwood points, especially where there has recently been a fire. The 

 fruitage is scanty, the berries being about twice the diameter of the 

 ground cherry, of a reddish green color, and rather an insipid taste. 



Physilis Virginicum, the ground cherry, is found in dry mellow soil of 

 sunny exposure on the hardwood points. The plant has a rapid, vigorous 

 growth with an abundant fruitage. A fly deposits its eggs on some of the 

 berries when quite small; the worms hatching from the eggs, penetrate 

 the berries and cause them to drop just before maturing, thus destroying 

 a large per cent of the fruit. 



Vitis ripens, the winter grape, is found on hardwood points. It has a 

 rapid and vigorous growth, but most of the recent canes are killed by the 

 frosts of winter, though some survive. A late spring without a late 

 killing frost is most favorable for fruitage, when it bears good clusters of 

 small black berries with a rich foxy and very acid flavor, which is mel- 

 lowed by the first autumnal frosts. 



Vitis aestevalis, the summer grape, is found on sunny exposures of dry 

 hardwood points It is rarer than the winter grape, and apparently not 

 so hardy, for I have never seen an entire cane survive the winter. The 

 fruitage is scantier and the clusters more imperfect than the former. 

 This I think is due to its habitation, for owing to the dryness of the soil 



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