FLESHY BUSH FRUITS 



Autumn is rich in the fleshy fruits that shrubs 

 and vines offer to her wildhngs. At the edge 

 of northern woodlands, in pasturelands, along 

 lanes and byways, wherever the sunlight can 

 come in, the Blackberry and its companion, the 

 Dewberry, take possession and often precedence. 

 Both bear black, shining fruit of the aggregate 

 type, made up of many little stone-fruits adher- 

 ing to a white receptacle from which they refuse 

 to be parted. Hybrids of both appear in our 

 gardens. 



Stony fields and rocky hillsides bear a crop of 

 Blueberries and Huckleberries that is beyond 

 computation; the fences are laden with the 

 burden of Elderberries and Barberries; Cran- 

 berries creep over the bogs later, the Winter- 

 berries give a red glow to swamps and lowlands ; 

 at the north a carpet of Bearberries covers vast 

 areas; and upon the forest floor an enchanting 

 combination of Creeping Snowberries, Partridge- 



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