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and sold to families, and if there were more pickers a large 

 commerce could be made with the canneries. The Augh- 

 inbaugh is a sport from this species. 



Of raspberries, we have four varieties the salmon 

 berry (Rubus nutkanus), a large, yellowish, red fruit, with 

 a white blossom, juicy, sweet, highly flavored, very pala- 

 table ; a red berry (Rubus leucodermis) , highly aromatic, 

 soft, sweet and very good; a black cap (Rubus pendens), 

 not unlike Gregg's black cap, and with us, under cultiva- 

 tion, fully its equal. This berry is widely distributed and 

 abundant. A black raspberry (Rubus spectabilis) , being 

 rather hard and dry to rank first class, yet with a peculiar 

 flavor ; very palatable to some tastes. 



The wild strawberry (Fragaria Chilensis] is widespread, 

 abundant and very prolific, so that in some regions it is 

 said hogs fatten on them. The berry is not large, but 

 improves under cultivation, and by some is classed superior 

 in flavor to the cultivated kinds. Several fine varieties 

 have been produced* by cross-fertilization with this, among 

 which are the Triomphe de Grand, True Chili, and several 

 other varieties. 



\Ve have several wild currants, one a beautiful shrub 

 and sought in the Eastern States and Europe as an orna- 

 mental lawn plant, and valued for its elegant foliage and 

 early and profuse bloom of pink and scarlet flowers ; 

 berry not edible. The yellow currant (Ribes aureum) 

 responds well to cultivation, and in the wild state is good 

 sized and edible. 



Of gooseberries, two or three kinds are common. Ribes 

 Menziesii is a large, hairy berry, edible, but rather insipid, 

 and is not much used. Two others are red and brown 

 when ripe, a fourth of an inch in diameter, sweetish, tart ; 

 good for culinary purposes; do not know of their culti- 

 vation. 



