November 13, 1889.] 



Garden and Forest. 



545 



and they never have more than the sHghtest trace of acidity. 

 Indeed, so tasteless is the' berry that it can hardly, be eaten at 

 all until almost ripe. The berries when apparently mature are 

 often dry and insipid, tasting not unlike a very young apple ; 

 indeed, the name "Bake Apple Berry," by which it is known 



White Raspberry of cultivation ; and then if eaten in small 

 quantities it is perhaps the most delicious of our northern 

 berries. The habitants of Quebec and the Indians prefer it 

 just as it approaches ripeness and before it has lost its acid 

 taste; but to southerners it is at that time hardly palatable. 



Fig. 142. — Staphylea Bolanderi. — See page 544. 



in the maritime provinces, may have been given to it on 

 account of the real or supposed resemblance of its flavor to 

 that of a baked apple. 



When quite ripe, however, the Cloudberry has an intensely 

 sweet, honey-like flavor, slig,litly recalling that of the large 



It is known in northern Quebec and about Hudson's Bay 

 as the Yellow Berry, and in tliat part of the country there is 

 no fruit more sought after for cooking. A small amount of 

 sugar is needed in preparing it for the table, and jam made 

 from this berry has such a rich and delicate flavor, so^unlike 



