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; blueberries (Vaccinium parviflorum and 

 F. ovali foli tun) ; bunehberries (Cornus Canadensis and 

 C. Suecica); raspberries (Rubus strigosus) ; elderberries 

 (SambucHS racemosa) ; and the 'molka' berry (Rubus 

 Chamifmonis) . Of less general distribution are straw- 

 berries (Frngaria Chiloensis) , dewberries (Rubus stel- 

 latus), thimbleberries (JR. parviflorus), salal berries 

 (Gaultheria Shallon), bog cranberries (Vaccinium 

 Oxycoccus}, wine or bear berries (Aretostapkylos 

 alpina)i etc. 



"Many of these berries are utilized in various ways 

 by the native and white population. In addition to the 

 consumption of fresh berries, there are considerable 

 quantities stored up in various ways for winter use. 

 The white population can, preserve, and make jelly of 

 the different kinds, while among the natives the prin- 

 cipal method of preserving them is in the almost uni- 

 versal seal oil, a vessel filled with berries preserved in 

 this way forming with many of the natives a ' potlatch ' 

 by no means to be despised. Some of the berries are 

 utilized to a considerable extent in making wine, the 

 wineberry of Kadiak being largely used in that way." 



The Gooseberry 



Of native gooseberries there are many kinds, inhab- 

 iting almost every part of our great territory.* The 

 gooseberry of history- is a native of the Old World, and 

 in some parts of Europe, particularly in England, it is 

 very popular, and has reached a high degree of perfec- 

 tion. This European gooseberry was early brought to 



Descriptions of all these species, with pictures of many of them, are to be 

 found in Card's "Bush-Fruits." 



