CHAPTER XXXI. 



OTHER BERRIES, INCLUDING SOME NOVEI/TIES. 



BUFFALO BERRY, CRUNELLS, MAYBERRY, GOUMI, JUNEBERRY, 



LOGANBERRY, MULBERRV, MUSKBERRY, PRIMUS HYBRID 



BERRY, STRAWBEKRY-RASPBEKRY, WINEBERRY. 



WITH novelties the practical farmer or gardener should 

 have but little to do. Most of them are worthless for 

 business purposes. Sti;l, I think it is worth while to 

 keep an eye upon them. In the above list the Loganberry, for in- 

 stance, promises to become a recognized and standard small fruit. 



BUFFALO BERRY. This is Shepherdia argentea of the bota- 

 nists. It is a pretty, ornamental shrub, prolific, and highly prized 

 for its fruit in the drier portions of the Northwest. The fruit is 

 small, acid, scarlet in color, with small seeds. 



CRUNELLS. Novelty. Claimed to be a cross between the 

 gooseberry and the currant. It has no thorns, and resembles 

 the Missouri currant to some degree in foliage and growth. 



MAYBERRY. Novelty. Said to be a promising candidate for 

 public favor ; a member of the raspberry group. 



THE GOUMI. Widely advertised under the name Elezagnus 

 longipes (pronounced lon-gi-pees). The word Elceagnus is the 

 botanic genus, and the word longipes means long footed or long 

 stemmed, referring to the fruit. Goumi is the Japanese name 

 for it. 



I am inclined to look with favor on this new fruit, but cannot 

 advise anyone to plant it, except in an experimental way or for 

 ornamental purposes. It may take a standard market position 

 after a time, but for some years to come it will remain a novelty. 



Prof. Bailey, of Cornell, says it is there "a graceful and 

 handsome bush of five or six feet high, bearing a profusion of 

 silver-white leaves and most abundant crops of cinnabar-red and 

 gold-flecked berries. Whether considered for ornament or for 

 fruit, it is one of the best of the many excellent shrubs which 

 have come to us from Japan." It is perfectly hardy. 



JUNEBERKY. The Juncberries are descendants cf our native 

 shadbush, Amalanchier. They are catalogued by some nursery- 

 men, but still belong in the group of novelties, and have not dem- 

 onstrated their right to a place among our standard small fruits. 



