A NEW KIND OF BERRY.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 406, 18 February 1904, Page 6

A NEW KIND OF BERRY.

Oae Tb*t fa Sew to the Credulona b kid Coafldlng Only, aad tKc- V. * Fraad. • {The newest thing in small fruits is lie "Arctic" berry. In parts of the .west enterprising agents have been going about among the farmers exhibiting attractive-looking berries preserved in alcohol. They are about three times the size of a strawberry and with the color of an orange. "Very delicious," says the agent. Who claims that it is a brand-new fruit of extraordinary merit. He explains that it was obtained by crossing the strawberry and the wild cherry, the huckleberry and various other berries. In response to orders he is willing to deliver a limited number of plants. Naturally, says the Detroit Free Press, orders in plenty have been forthcoming. But- it turns out on investigation that the new and wonderful berry is nothing more nor less than the white mulberry, long familiar and not greatly esteemed. In other words, the whole business is a fraud, and the exasperation of the victims is rendered more intense by the fact that all the plants, which they had set out so carefully, are killed by the first frost.

The Band Indlapen sable. Hightcaps and cotton ear wads are provided by the proprietor of a hotel at Yyitra, Hungary, for those of his guests who retire early and do not wish to be kept awake by a gypsy hand which plays nightly at the hotel.