VII 



DESCRIBING RASPBERRIES AND BLACKBERRIES 



AFTER what has been said concerning the 

 methods of describing other fruits, it is hard- 

 ly necessary to particularize regarding the 

 description of raspberries and blackberries. 

 A few words may be given the subject, how- 

 ever, in recognition of the diversity and im- 

 portance of these fruits. 



The design for a description form (Fig. 25) 

 gives an outline of the principal points re- 

 quired. The outline presented in Fig. 26 is 

 engraved from the much more elaborate 

 description form in use in the Division of 

 Pomology, United States Department of 

 Agriculture. Fig. 27 is a photographic repro- 

 duction of a description of the Cuthbert rasp- 

 berry by the West Virginia Experiment 

 Station. 



The only new point brought into these de- 

 scriptions of blackberries and raspberries is 

 the mention of the individual drupes. This 

 calls attention to the morphology of the fruits 

 in question. Each blackberry, dewberry, or 



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