LITTLE REGARDED WILD ERUITS 



failure to jell, but an excellent table syruj) is the re- 

 sult, instead. 



AVild currants, gooseberries, plums and cherries all 

 play into the jelly maker's hands; and so do the 

 acid, scarlet berries of the eastern Barlx*rry (Ber- 

 heris CmiadensiSj Pursh), found in mountain woods 



Oregon Grape 

 (Berheris aquifoliumj 



from Virginia to Georgia, as well as of the European 

 Barberry {B. vulgaris, L.) which has become a wild 

 plant in some sections. On the Pacific slope another 

 Barberry is the familiar Oregon Grape [Berheris 

 aquifolitmi, Pursh), a shrub two to six feet high, 

 with evergreen pinnate leaves of seven to nine 



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