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EDIBLE PLANTS 397Dwarf Raspberry. R. Americanus. July-Jug-Purple Wild Raspberry. R. neglectus. July-Jug,Purple-flowering Raspberry. R. odoratus. July-Sep.Salmon-berry. R. parviflorus, July-Sep.Wild Red Raspberry. R. strigosus. July-Sep.Service-berry. June-berry. Jmelanchier Canadensis.June-July.Low June-berry. J. spicata.Northwestern June-berry. J. alnifolia.Round-leaved June-berry. J. rotundifolia. Jug.Shad-bush. J. Botryapium. June-July.Silver Berry. Elaeagnus argentea. July-Aug.Creeping Snowberry. Ohiogenes hispidula. Jug.-Sep. Berries have flavor or sweet birch.American Wood Strawberry. Fragaria Jmericana.Northern Wild Strawberry. F. Canadensis.Virginia Strawberry. Scarlet S. F. Virginiana.Black Thorn. Pear Haw. Crataegus tomentosa.Oct.Large-fruited Thorn. C. punctata. Sep.-Ort.Scarlet Thorn. C. coccinea. Sep.-Oct.MAPLE SUGAR AND SIRUPAnyone who has access to maple trees in thespring of the year can make the best of sirup <strong>and</strong>sugar, without any special appliances, provided hetakes some pains to keep the sap clean <strong>and</strong> unsoured.The sap season generally begins about the middleof March <strong>and</strong> lasts until the third week in April, butvaries with a late or an early spring. Sap maybegin to flow in mid February, or may be held backuntil the first of April. It continues "good" fromthree to six weeks; that is, until the buds swell, afterwhich the sap be<strong>com</strong>es strong <strong>and</strong> "buddy." Itflows best on a warm day succeeding' a freezingnight. Trees with large crowns yield the most sap.Those st<strong>and</strong>ing in or near cold springs dischargethe most <strong>and</strong> sweetest sap. An average tree mayyield, in favorable aveather, about two gallons of sapin 24 hours.The Indians' <strong>and</strong> early frontiersmen's method of

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