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Excerpt from Brief History of Early Horticulture in Oregon The first settlers found here in the indigenous fruits, a promise of the abundant yield of the cultivated varieties which they were not long in introducing with most gratifying results. There were here the apple - pyrus rivularia; the plum - prunus subcordata; the grape - vitis Californica; two elderberries - sambucus glauca and sambucus pubescens; the blackberry - rubus ursinus; four raspberries - rubus nutkanus, rubus leucodermis, rubus pedatus, and rubus spectabilis; the strawberry - fragaria Chilensis; several wild currants - ribes aureum, and others; three gooseberries, edible - ribes Menziesii four or more cranberries vaccinium - parvifolium, vaccinium ovalifolium, vaccinium macrophyllum; the barberry - berberis aquifolium, known as the Oregon grape, our State flower; salal - gaultheria myrsinites; Juneberry or service berry, black haw - crataeguS Douglasii; filbert - corylus rostrata; chinquapin chesnut - castanopsis crysophylla, and others perhaps not enumerated. The introduction of the first cultivated fruits in the country in 1824 by employees of the Hudson Bay Company is a pretty story with a touch of romance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."