84 THE FRUITS OF THE COUNTRY-SIDE 



but the great point of difference is found in the fruit, for 

 while this is somewhat smaller than that of the blackberry, 

 the grains of which it is built up are fewer, and, individually, 

 much larger, and it is covered with a rich purple bloom. 

 On testing it we find that its tempting appearance is not 

 belied on this closer acquaintance, as it is richer in flavour 

 and more succulent than the blackberry.^ In the black- 

 berry the five segments of the calyx at the base of the 

 fruit are throw back, while in the dewberry these segments 

 are narrower and longer and rise up round the fruit. 

 Botanically it is the Rubus c^esius, and, though not so 

 common as the blackberry, the Rubus fruticosus, is very 

 generally distributed throughout the country. 



CLOUD-BERRY (Rubus Cham^morus) 



Yet another Rubus, the R. chamtemorus, is the Cloud- 

 berry, sometimes called the Knotberry, or the mountain 

 Bramble. This, however, is not a plant of the hedgerows, 

 but of the high peaty moorlands in the North of England, 

 in Wales, and in Scotland. Though a true bramble, as its 

 flowers and yet more its fruit indicate, it is but six inches 

 high, and unarmed with prickles. Its leaves are very like 

 those of the mallow, its flowers large and pure white, and 

 the fruits that succeed these are first scarlet and then of a 

 rich orange colour, and agreeably acid in flavour. They are 

 much larger than those of the blackberry, and an excellent 

 preserve may be made from them ; or gathered fresh and 



' Be kind and courteous to this gentleman. 

 Hop in his walks, and gamboll in his eies, 

 Feed him with apricocks, and dewberries, 

 With purple grapes. 



