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distributed from Lake Superior to the mountains of 

 North Carolina. It is in cultivation in the Cornell 

 gardens, but it seems to have little merit as a fruit 

 plant. It will not be surprising, however, if good 



Fig. 70. Topsy blackberry. Rubut cunetfolius. 



varieties are found in the wild and are now and 

 then introduced into cultivation. 



The Topsy blackberry (Fig. 70) is a stiff -growing 

 and exceedingly thorny bush, belonging to still another 

 species, the Sand blackberry, or Rubus cuneifolnts. 

 The wild plant is shown in Fig. 89. The fruits have 



