Picea excelsa, Picea nigra.
Botanical name:
Picea excelsa Link. Coniferae. Norway Spruce.
Norway, Russia and the mountainous parts of Europe. The spray is used in making beer.
Picea nigra Link. Black Spruce. Double Spruce.
North America. Great quantities of spruce beer are made from the new shoots.
Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World, 1919, was edited by U. P. Hedrick.
