TABLE OF CONTENTS 



CHAPTER 



PAGE 



Preface ^, 



Index to Illustrations j^^ 



PART I.— THE BRAMBLE FRUITS 



I. The Evolution of Cultivated Raspberries i 



II. The Systematic Botany of Edible Brambles 23 



III. Varieties of Red and Hybrid Raspberries 86 



IV. Varieties of Black Raspberries 1^3 



V. The Evolution of Cultivated Blackberries and Dew- 

 berries jgQ 



VI. Varieties of Blackberries 204 



VII. Varieties of Dewberries 2^^ 



PART II.— THE BUSH FRUITS 



VIII. The Evolution of Cultivated Currants 243 



IX. The Systematic Botany of Currants and Gooseberries. 254 



X. Varieties of Red and White Currants 281 



XI. Varieties of Black Currants 302 



XII. The Evolution of Cultivated Gooseberries 311 



XIII. Varieties of Gooseberries 323 



PART III.— STRAWBERRIES 



XIV. The Evolution of Cultivated Strawberries 355 



XV. The Systematic Botany of the Strawberry 371 



XVI. Varieties of Strawberries 384 



Bibliography, References, and Abbreviations 560 



•Index 569 



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