This section is from the book "Camping And Woodcraft", by Horace Kephart. Also available from Amazon: Camping and Woodcraft.
Hydrophyllum Virginicum. Woods. Quebec to Alaska, south to S. C, Kan., Wash. May-Aug.
"Furnishes good greens. Reappears after being picked off, and does not become woody for a long time".
It would extend this chapter bevond reasonable limits if I were to give details of all the wild fruits native to the region here considered. As fruits may be eaten raw, or require no special treatment in cooking, a mere list of them, with the time of ripening, must suffice:
Rhamnus Caroliniana. Sep.
Woolly-leaved Buckthorn. Bumelia languinosa. June-July.
Lepargyraea argentea. July-Aug. American Barberry. Berberis Canadensis. Aug.-Sep.
Berberis vulgaris. Sep. Naturalized.
Rubus Baileyanus.
R. setosus.
Canadensis. June-July.
R. villosus. July-Aug.
hispidus. Aug.
R. trivialis.
Millspaugh's Blackberry. R. Millspaughii. Aug.-Sep.
R. Alleghaniensis. Aug.-Sep.
Cuneifolius. July-Aug. Dwarf Bilberry. Vaccinium caespitosum. Aug. Great Bilberry. V> uliginosum. July-Aug. Oval-leaved Bilberry. V. ovalifolium. July-Aug. Thin-leaved Bilberry. V. membranaceum. July-Aug.
Vatrococcum. July-Aug. Canada Blueberry. V. Canadense. July-Aug. Dwarf Blueberry. V. Pennyslvanicum. June-July.
V. corymbosum. July-Aug.
vacillans. July-Aug.
V. nigrum. July.
V. pallidum. July-Aug.
V. virgatum. July.
Windberry. V. Vitis-Idaea. A ug.-Sep.
Gaylussacia resinosa. July Aug.
G. brachycera. Dwarf Huckleberry. G. dumosa. July-Aug. Tangleberry. G. frondosa. July-Aug. Appalachian Cherry. Prunus cuneata. Choke Cherry. P. Virginiana. July-Aug. (Edible later).
P. pumila. Aug.
Egriot. P. Cerasus. June-July. Naturalized.
P. demissa. Aug.
P. Besseyi.
Crab Cherry. P. Avium. Naturalized.
P. serotina. Aug.-Sep.
P. Pennsylvania. Aug.
Sweet-scented C. Malus coronaria. Sept.-Oct.
M. angustifolia.
M. Soulardi.
M. Ioensis.
Oxycoccus macrocarpus. Sep.-Oct.
Bog C. O. Oxycoccus. Aug.-Sep.
O. erythrocarpus. July-Sep.
Viburnum Opulus. Aug.-Sep. Crowberry. Curlew-berry. Empetrum nigrum. Summer.
Buffalo or Missouri C. Ribei aureum.
P.. Hudsonianum. Red Currant. R. rubrum.
R. floridurn. July-Aug. Elderberry. Sambucus Canadensis. Aug. Wild Gooseberry. Dogberry. Ribes Cynosbati. Aug.
R. gracile. Northern Gooseberry. R. oxyacanthoides. July-Aug.
R. rotundifolium. July-Aug.
Riacustre. July-Aug. Bailey's Grape. Vitis Baileyana. Blue Grape. Winter G. V. bicolor. Downy Grape. V. cinerea. Frost Grape. V. cordifolia. Oct.-Nov. Missouri Grape. V. palmata. Oct. Northern Fox Grape. V. Labrusca. Aug.-Sep. Riverside Grape. Sweet-scented G. V. vulpina. July-Oct.
Sugar G. V. rupestris. Aug. Southern Fox Grape. V. rotundifolia. Aug.-Sep.
V. aestivalis. Sep.-Oct:
Physalis, several species.
Celtis occidentalis. Sep.-Oct. Berries dry but edible.
Viburnum prunifolium. Sep.-Oct.
Red H. Crataegus mollis. Sep.' Oct.
Mandrake. Podophyllum peltatum. July.
Passiflora incarnata; also P. lutea. Fruit known as Maypops.
Asimina triloba. Fruit edible when frost-bitten.
Diospyros Virginiana. Fruit edible after frost.
Prunus martima. Sep-Oct. Canada Plum. P. nigra. Aug. Chickasaw Plum. P. angustifolia. May-July. Low Plum. P- gracilis. Porter's Plum. P. Alleghaniensis. Aug. Watson's Plum. P. Watsoni. Wild Goose Plum. P. hortulana. Sep-Oct. Wild Red Plum. Yellow P. P. Americana. Aug.-Oct.
Astragalus crassicarpus; also A. Mexicanus. Unripe fruit resembles green plums, and is eaten raw or cooked.
Thimble-berry. Rubus oc* cidentalis. July.
R. Chamaemorus.
R. Americanus. July-Aug-Purple Wild Raspberry. R. neglectus. July-Aug.
R. odoratus. July-Sep.
R. parviflorus. July-Sep.
R. strigosus. July-Sep.
June-berry. Amelanchier Canadensis. June-July.
A. spicata.
A. alnifolia.
A. rotundifolia. Aug.
A. Botryapium. June-July.
Elaeagnus argentea. July-Aug.
Chiogenes hispidula. Aug.-Sep. Berries have flavor or sweet birch.
Fragaria Americana.
F. Canadensis.
Scarlet S. F. Virginiana.
 
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