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CORDOVA STYLE SHOP
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PLENTY BERRIES
IN ALE PARTS
OFTjRRITORy
Provisions may become scarce, but
tho old-timers in Alaska who are
"onto the ropes” never will starve—
not as long as there are fish in the
sea, game in the hills, green herbs
and wild fruit to be had for the tak
ing. Berry time is not quite here,
but It will not be long until wild ber
ries of many varieties will be showing
color red, yellow, blue and black.
Strawberries are first in order of
appearance, and probably second to
none in importance. They do not
grow in abundance in every locality,
but there are a few places where they
grow in such quantities that one may
pick a wafer bucket full in an hour.
The localities in which they may be
found in greatest quantity are from
Icy strait, on the mainland, westward
to Yakutat bay. Nearly every river
valley in that section has certain
spots where strawberries may be gath
ered in large quantities. Strawberry
point is the best knowrn place around
Cordova to secure them.
Blueberries or huckleberries are
probably the next most valuable of
all the berries, and are to be found
in neraly, if not quite, all parts of
Alaska. Not only on the coast, but
in the Interior and to the Arctic
ocean. There is scarcely any limit
to the quantity of these berries that
may be secured if one works dili
gently. It is not uncommon for one
man or woman to pick twenty gallons
In a day.
There are not many low bush cran
berries on the coast, although in the
Interior they secure them in quanti
ties nearly as great as the blueberry.
Probably the greatest difference be
tween the wild low bush cranberry
and the eastern berry of the same
name is that those of Alaska are
much better and a wee bit smaller.
There is a 'berry very similar in
taste to the cranberry that is called
the high bush cranberry. It contains
possibly even more acid than the low
bush berry. It grows in clusters on
bushes from three to six feet in
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height, is red In color, and does not
ripen until late In the fall. This
berry may be found on the coast and
in the Interior. It usually grows on
fairly well-drained low land, river and
creek beds.
What is often called the loganberry
grows on a single stem in low, wet
places. The leaf and appearance are
similar to a strawberry. The color is
red, and In certain places yellow.
There is probably no berry that makes
up into more delicious jams and jel
lies than this. That they usually sell
for twice the price of blueberries
gives some idea cf their desirability.
The berries are not usually found tn
large quantities, but some favorable
8pots will produce several gallons in
a day’s picking.
Red raspberries are to be found both
on the coast and in the Interior. They
grow In* open places exposed to the
sun. Great patches of them are often
found on old burned places. Where
a good patch occurs one may gather
ten or fifteen gallons in a day.
The sarvice berry, or June berry,
as it is called in the Eastern states,;
is to be found up the Taku river. This
berry is blue black when rijge, and
grows in large clusters on bushes}
from five to ten feet and more in!
height. There is probably no other}
berry that will satisfy hunger as well!
as the sarvice berry. It is "sweet'
and filling,’’ as one old-timer de
scribed it.
Most of the berries growing on
bushes are not ripe until August and
later in the season.
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CATCH OF FISH
FOH LAST TEAR
WASHINGTON, June 11.—Fish
ery products of Alaska in 1917 were
valued at $51,405,260, or more than
seven times the purchase price paid
by the United States to Russia for
the entire territory, according to the
bureau of fisheries.
Salmon represented 93 per cont of
the year’s total catch, amounting to
$47,778,081, as compared with $1,120,
226 for halibut, $757,729 for herring
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and $774,976 for cod. Whaling opera
tions returned products worth $653,862.
"This unprecedented yield of fishery
products In Alaska at a time when
the world is In need of food is an
achievement for which the country
may Justly feel gratified,” said an an
nouncement by the bureau.
Fur products from Alaska were
worth $1,031,638, exclusive of fur seal
skins and fox skins, valued at $310,
000, shipped by the government from
the Pribiioff islands.
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Quality talks. Smoke an El Rol
Tan Cigar and be convinced; they are
mild. tf
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For real lemon pies—the American
Bakery. Next door to the Modern
Laundry.
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