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Mr. Barrett: Well, we have the best soil in the country 
where I live, but it grows on any soil. 
Mr. Harris: The Buffalo-berry has been talked of a good 
deal in the northern districts as being a hopeful candidate for 
improvement. I think it must be hardy because you find it 
very plentiful as far north as Bismarck and all through there. 
The fruit is about the size of the Red Dutch currant, and it is 
sour; perhaps I should say, at the seasons that I have seen it. 
There is beginning to be considerable inquiry about this plant, 
as it is also excellent when used as a hedge. It will turn stock 
when it gets as high as your head. I would like to ask Mr. 
Barrett if he knows of any nurseryman that has the trees for 
sale. 
Mr. Barrett: I do not. ' 
Mr. Harris: The trouble with the trees when dug up wild is 
‘largely one of pollenization. I think that it ought to be placed 
in our experiment station, and different methods of propaga- 
tion tested as far as possible. 
Mr. Barrett: I understand that it can be propagated from 
cuttings. Of course the soil must be moist in order to have it 
succeelél. 
Judge Moyer: I would say that John Louis Child, of Long 
Island, offers to sell the plants at the rate of three for seventy- 
five cents. He does not sell less than three at once, because 
he says that they are not of any use unless you have at least 
three. 
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON NATIVE FRUITS. 
NOTES ON THE NATIVE PLUM AND OTHER NATIVE FRUITS BY J. 5S. HARRIS. 
The subject of the wild native fruits of the Northwest was so ably and 
concisely presented at our last annual meeting by my colleagues. Dr. J. R. 
Walker, of St. Anthony Park, and Prof. C. B. Waldron, of the North Da- 
kota Agricultural College, that 1 have but very little of interest to add to 
what has already been reported. I am glad to note that the interest in 
these fruits is growing and that they are considered of enough importance 
to attract the attention of the United States Division of Pomology, and 
that of many of the most learned horticulturists of the older states. Per- 
haps the native plum is receiving more attention than any other one of 
them. Since our last annual meeting I have had opportunities to become 
better acquainted with some of the varieties before reported upon, and 
to examine several newer varieties and seedlings. 
