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On the limestone ledges of Cavendish there occurs an in- 

 teresting native form of the European raspberry, (Rubiis idaeits 

 L. var. anomalus Arrh.) 



The red dewberry is sometimes mistakenly called dwarf 

 raspberry, but is here placed with the dewberries where it more 

 properly belongs. 



FLOWERING RASPBERRY. Rubtis odoratus L. 

 The flowering raspberry is also known as thimbleberry and 

 erroneously as "mulberry." The true mulberry is a tree and 

 occurs native in Vermont only very rarely in Pownal. The 

 flowering raspberry is easily distinguishable from all of the 

 others by its large purple flowers, maple-like leaves, and its very 

 broad fruit. The fruit is used but little, although it is edible and 

 some people are fond of it. It is well worthy of a place in the 

 hardy shrubbery used for ornamental purposes, but has been thus 

 utilized but little as yet in Vermont although listed in horticul- 

 tural catalogues. 



RED RASPBERRY. Kubits strigosiis Mx. 



The red raspberry is abundant all over the state, but one 

 needs to visit a recent mountain clearing to find the fruit in 

 perfection as to size and flavor. In contrast with the black, the 

 red raspberry is stoloniferous, that is it sends creeping under- 

 ground stems from the parent plant in all directions and thus 

 quickly forms its characteristic thickets in woodland clearings.- 

 However, this raspberry needs no introduction to a Vermonter. 

 Great quantities of the wild fruit are annually picked in the 

 state, and we have no more delicious fruit whether fresh or 

 preserved. For home canning it is especially popular since no 

 native berry keeps the natural flavor so well as the red raspberry. 

 One of the "goodies," the compounding of which is in danger of 

 becoming a lost art in Vermont, is the red raspberries dried with 

 maple sugar. This confection, as well as sweet flag preserved in 

 maple sugar were hard things for the Vermont mother of the last 

 generation to keep hidden in the house when her boys were at 



home. 



