ALA-KAN BERRIES 



matum); blaeberries [Vaccinium parviflorum and 

 r. ovalifolium) ; bnnchberries (domtu Canadensis and 

 i); raspberries (.Sw&ms strigosus)\ elderberries 

 ' s.iiiiiiii'-"s racemosa); and the 'molka' berry (.Ru&ms 

 c/t'inni morus) . Of less genera] distribution are straw- 

 berries U'r>i'i<iri<i Gkiloensis), dewberries (JB*6m« .*/>/- 

 i'lf'is). thimbleberries ( /.'. parviflorus), salal berries 

 Qaultheria Shallon), bog eranberries ( Vacci nium 

 Oxy coccus), wine <>r bear berries (Arctostaphylos 

 alpina • . etc. 



".Many <>f these berries are unli/.t-ii in various ways 

 by the native and white population. In addition t<» the 

 consumption of fresh berries, there are considerable 

 quantities stored up in various way- for winter use. 

 The white population can, preserve, and make jelly <»t' 

 the different kinds, while among the natives the prin- 

 cipal method of preserving them is in the almost uni- 

 versal seal oil, a vessel filled with berries preserved in 

 this wray forming with many of the natives a 'potlatch' 

 by do means to be despised. Some <>t' the berries are 

 utilized to a considerable extent in making wine, the 

 wineberry of Kadiak being largely used in that way." 



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< M' oative gooseberries there are many kinds, inhab- 

 iting almost every part of our greal territory. The 

 gooseberry of history is a native <•!' the * > 1 • 1 World, and 

 in some part- of Europe, particularly in England, it i- 

 very popular, and has reached a high degree <>t' p 

 tion. This European gooseberry was early broughl t<> 



