PRICKLY CURRANT 



Kibes lacustre (Persoon) Poiret 



FRUIT OF PLATE GG 



Though never very abundant, the prickly currant is found in some 

 regions of the Rocky Mountains in sufficient quantity to furnish a 

 delightful dish. When stewed and eaten with venison or wild mut- 

 ton, it makes a deliciously spicy sauce. When raw, the berries are rather 

 sour, and are eaten only for want of something better. 



Prickly currant may be found from Pennsylvania to Newfoundland 

 and from California to Alaska. 



The specimen sketched was obtained near Glacier Lake, on the 

 headwaters of the Saskatchewan River, fifty miles north of Lake 

 Louise, British Columbia, at an altitude of 6,000 feet 



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