360 Bush-Fruits 



and Nepal, north to China and Japan. It appears to have 

 been first brought to notice in England in 1873, having 

 been exhibited before the Royal Botanical and Royal 

 Horticultural Societies that year. William Falconer 

 writes 1 that in August, 1889, Ellwanger & Barry had but 

 a single plant of it. Reports differ as to the edible quality 

 of the fruit. William Falconer, in the above note, says 

 that it is cooked and used as a sauce with meat, especially 

 chicken, and "it is one of the most delicious sauces that 

 ever tickled the human palate." Others do not speak so 

 favorably of it, saying that cooking increases its disagree- 

 able astringent qualities. Bailey says 2 that he enjoys eat- 

 ing the fruit from the bushes when fully ripe, but has not 

 tried it for culinary purposes. It is too acid for dessert, 

 being better adapted to uses like those of the cranberry. 

 It is also recommended for jelly. 



The plant is perfectly hardy in the eastern states, and 

 immensely productive. Its close relation to the so-called 

 Russian olive, Elceagnus angustifolia, which is a very 

 reliable tree throughout the northwest, indicates that it 

 may also prove hardy in that region. It is said to succeed 

 well in California on various soils. In regard to propaga- 

 tion, Bailey says: 2 "The goumi grows readily from seeds. 

 These should be sown or stratified in summer, before they 

 become dry, and allowed to freeze the following winter. 

 The next spring they should germinate freely. Cuttings 

 of the half-ripened wood strike readily in June or July, 

 if handled in frames." 



The goumi is certainly a promising ornamental plant. 



American Garden, 11: 119. 



2 Bull. 117, Cornell Univ. Exp. Sta., p. 383. 



