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bushell in a forenooue : In other seasons there bee 

 Gooseberries, Bilberries, Resberries, Treackleberries, 

 Hurtleberries, Currants ; which being dryed in the 

 sunne are little inferiour to those that our Grocers 

 sell in England." 



But even the high north has its treasures of native 

 fruit. In fact, it is one of the marvels of travelers 

 that berries are so plentiful and so good in those regions. 

 Even under the snow they preserve their character, 

 and are an indispensable succor when the snow disap- 

 pears in the spring. It is literally true that in many 

 parts of the cold north, beyond the bounds of civili- 

 zation, fruits are in plentiful supply the year round. 



A recent note in " Outing " speaks as- follows of the 

 native fruits of Labrador: "In spite of latitude and 

 Arctic current, Labrador is the home of much that is 

 delicious in the berry world, Three varieties of blue- 

 berries, huckleberries, wild red currants, having a pun- 

 gent, aromatic flavor, unequaled by the cultivated 

 varieties, marshberries, raspberries, tiny white capillaire 

 tea-berries, with a flavor like some rare perfume, and 

 having just a faint suggestion of wintergreen ; squash- 

 berries, pear- berries and curlew-berries, the latter not 

 so grateful as the others, but a prime favorite with 

 the Esquimaux, who prefer it to almost any other; 

 and lastly, the typical Labrador fruit, which, excepting 

 a few scattering plants in Canada and Newfoundland, 

 is found nowhere outside of the peninsula the gor- 

 geous bake -apple [Rultus Cliamwmorus]. These cover 

 the entire coast, from the St. Lawrence to Ungava. 

 Their beautiful geranium -like leaves struggle with the 

 reindeer moss upon the islands, carpet alike the low 

 valleys and the highest hilltops, and even peep from 



