364 THE EVOLUTION OF OUR NATIVE FRUITS 





The Cloudberry, 

 Rubus Chamcemorus , 

 an herbaceous little 

 bramble of the boreal 

 parts of the northern 

 hemisphere, affords a 

 most excellent fruit, 

 which is much used 

 by residents of the 

 countries where it 

 grows. It is not in 

 cultivation for its 

 fruit, but the follow- 

 ing account of the berry, by J. M. 

 Macoun in "Garden and Forest" for 

 1889, is so interesting that I transcribe 

 it for the conclusion of this discussion 

 of the rubus fruits : 



"The Cloudberry, which is found 

 in few localities south of the Canadian 

 boundary, and even then not in a great 

 abundance, is quite common and greatly 

 prized in Newfoundland, Labrador, Nova 



Fig. 82. 

 Rand's blackberry. 



