MOUNTAIN TREES 



The fruit, in appearance like a berry, 

 is a true cone. Unlike the cones of the 

 other conifers the few cone scales of the 

 junipers are fleshy and juicy and ripen 

 at the end of the second season into a 

 sweetish, blue-black fruit, containing 

 two or three seeds. These globose 

 "berries" are gathered and eaten by the 

 Indians. Birds and wild animals also 

 relish them. 



The Indians used the pitch of the 

 juniper to fasten feathers to arrow 

 shafts and rubbed it into the shafts to 

 make them stronger and elastic (U. S. 

 Disp.). 



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