THE BUFFALO BERKY. 



very early in the spring before the leaves, and are small and in- 

 conspicuous. The fruit is produced in great abundance often so 

 thickly as to conceal the branches on which it grows, and when 



ripe gives a scarlet 

 appearance to the 

 whole plant. Occa- 

 sional plants have 

 yellow fruit. It is 

 about the size of red 

 currants, and con- 

 tains one oval, quite 

 large seed. The 

 quality is very good, 

 even of the best. It 

 makes a fine jelly, 

 but on account of 

 the large seeds it is 

 not so desirable for 

 a sauce as red cur- 

 rants, and it is 

 doubtful if it will 

 ever be popular for 

 fruit where the red 

 currant is product- 

 ive and reliable; but it is an elegant ornamental shrub, and it will 

 probably be used to quite an extent for this purpose. (Fig. 48.) 



Propagation. This plant suckers readily if the roots are 

 cut, but it is generally grown from seed, which germinate readily 

 if not allowed to dry and is winter covered witti earth and sown in 

 the spring. An easy way to winter it is to cover the seed on the 

 surface of the ground with an inverted sod. 



FIG 48. Flowers of Buffalo-ben y. (a) Pistillate 

 flowers; (b) Stairdnate flowers. About natural 



size. 



