NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Blueberries 



Huckleberries 



Thimble 



High cranberries 



Nannyberries 

 Mulberries 



Strawberries 



Elderberries 



Gooseberries 



Dewberries 



Wintergreen 



Partridge vine 

 Squaw vine 

 Oneberry 



June berries 



Currants 

 Sumac berries 



Bush 

 Berries 

 Blossoms 

 Briars 

 Green fruit 

 Seeds 

 Berry time 

 Berry picker 

 I pick berries 



V actinium (var. sp.) 

 Gaylussacia baccata 

 Rubus odoratus 

 r (Vac. macrocarpon) 

 [ Viburnum opulus 

 V. lentago 

 Morus rubra 



Fragaria virginiana 

 Sambucus cana dewsis 

 Ribes (var. sp.) 

 Rubus mliosus 

 Gaultheria procum- 

 bens 



Mitch ella rep ens 



Amelanchier oblong- 



ifolia 



A. canadensis 

 Ribes (var. sp.) 

 Rhus glabra 



Terminology 



getdatge'a 

 oyadji'' 



onao n sha" 



ha''nonundjuk 



ga'ne'sa/ wanunda 



od j i < nowo n/ wadisiyas 



cljo'yesshayes 



cdjistondas'ha/ 



cmiot'sutgus 



im n "gwuss6t 



ogau'o^gwa' 



djisda v gea' 



oshaista"wayas 



ha'do n 



djoaga v wayas 

 o'tgo"da' 



oi </ kta > 



odji'ya' 



awe'o" 



oi"kdaii' 



oga n/ s'a* 



oska n/ a' 



o'wai'yai' 



ha'yagwus 



ga'yagwiis 



Berries when in season were eagerly gathered by the Iroquois and 

 even today berries have not lost favor with them. They were eaten 

 entire raw, crushed and mixed with sugar and water or mixed with 

 various puddings. Blackberries, strawberries, elderberries and huckle- 

 berries seem to be the favorite varieties. For winter's use black- 

 berries, black raspberries, huckleberries and blueberries are dried. 

 Strawberries were also dried but required a great deal of care. 

 These dried fruits were either soaked in sugared water and cooked 



