258 SPORT IN NORWAY. 



The following description of the distribution of the 

 vegetable products of Norway, will, I think, be found 

 interesting. I cannot, therefore, do better than follow 

 the same plan adopted by Dr. Schiibeler in his synopsis 

 of the ' Vegetable Products of Norway,' which I trans- 

 lated for him from the original MSS., at request, and 

 which was solely intended for distribution at the late 

 International Exhibition.* 



The Norwegian name of each plant will be found 

 appended, for the especial benefit of those who have 

 some slight acquaintance with the Norsk language. 



I. FRUIT TREES AND SHRUBS. 



ALMOND (Amygdalus communis, L. " Mandel"). Ripen as 

 standards in warm summers between lat. 58 and lat 59f in the 

 south. 



APPLE (Pyrus Mains, L. " JEble "). Grow wild in lowlands 

 up to Throndhjem, lat. 63 25', in a cultivated state up to lat. 65. 

 Probably no apple-trees are found higher than this at any other 

 place in the world. There are 346 known varieties in Norway. 

 Apples weighing as much as 25^ ounces have been known ; and 

 an apple-tree in Hardanger has been known to yield 38 

 to 39 bushels. The following remark taken from the ' Bel- 

 gique Horticole' (1859, Fevrier, pp. 153, 154, and Juillet 

 1860, pp. 317-319), " Notre pomologie nationale ne peut done que 

 gagner en recrutant les meilleures varie'te's issues du rude clirnat 

 de la Norve"ge," is well worthy of notice. 



Foreign,' 1863, by Dr. B. Seemann. I am also indebted to a little 

 pamphlet, ' Den Skandinaviske Halvo,' by E. Loffler, of Copenhagen, 

 for much valuable information. 



* I have in the following made several additions from his larger 

 work, ' Die Culturpflanzen Norwegens.' 



