PART IV 

 MISCELLANEOUS TYPES 



CHAPTER XVII 

 OTHER SPECIES OF BUSH-FRUITS 



ALTHOUGH the foregoing pages describe all the bush- 

 fruits which have much commercial importance in cultiva- 

 tion, there are certain other types which are either coming 

 into domestication or which are occasionally seen in private 

 gardens. To these we shall now give attention. 



BUFFALO BERRY 



Shepherdia argentea, Nutt. Lepargyrcea argentea, Greene. 



The buffalo berry is a thorny, deciduous shrub, growing 

 from 5-20 feet high, with a whitened or silvery appearance 

 throughout. Its leaves are narrow, 1-1 J^ inches long, 

 pointed at the base, entire, and silvery white on both 

 sides. The flowers are small, yellow and dioecious. The 

 fruit is round or ovoid, scarlet, or more rarely yellow, with 

 a single smooth seed, and a sprightly acid and agreeable 

 flavor. It is borne in very compact clusters in the axils 

 of the small branches, ripening in July, but remaining on 

 the bushes till frost, or later. The plant occurs through- 

 out the Plains, westward to the Sierra Nevada Mountains, 



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