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buffalo -berry, particularly in the West. Tt is probable 

 that it will never become popular in the Mast, where 

 the currant, gooseberry, and other acid small fruits 

 thrive. A Dakotan writes as follows: "Deer, ante- 

 lope and elk live on buffalo -berries through the winter, 

 'nit the fruil is excellent for human beings. I d<» nol 

 understand why farmers in the Dakotas and Minnesota 

 do qo1 grow limn- of these berries. A tree is of more 

 benefil than an apple tree, and is a sure grower. The 

 time will come when people will say: 'Why did we 

 not sooner know aboul the buffalo - berry ? ' The trees 

 make lt< »« »«1 hedges, ami live when all other vegetation 

 dies." Although introduced to cultivation, the buffalo- 

 berry lias nol yet given any distinct named varieties. 

 The buffalo-berry is dioecious — thai is, the sexes 

 are on different plants. This means thai the two 

 sexes should 1"' known and be planted close together 

 to insure fruitfulness. Yet, the writer has a pistillate 

 bush of buffalo-berry which is two hundred feel 

 from a staminate plant, with a large building 

 between the two, and il bears well. Professor Corbetl 

 makes the following remarks < > 1 1 the sex characters of 

 the buffalo-berrj 



With the introduction of new- fruits come new difficulties 

 '•• be • by l>"th propagator :m<l cultivator. In the brief 



history of the buffalo-berry we find ie> exception to the rule, 



t'ut, on th ntrary, added natural causes, which augment these 



difficulties. The dioecious nature of the planl is not known t" 

 the majority of cultivators, and, what is the mere important, 

 the dealers furnishing them the Btock are equally n-< ignorant. 

 I know of no dealer In nursery stuck in the Northwest, even if 

 familiar with the fact that they are dioecious, who claims 



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