PURPLE FRUIT 



1. Plants over 2 ft., leaves compound. 



Elder (Sambuciis Canadensis). Honeysuckle family. 

 Ht. few-io ft.; leaflets 5-11, toothed, oblong. Fruit 

 (drupe) small, dark purple, in terminal drooping 

 clusters. Rich ground. Early autumn. 



Spikenard {Aralia racemosa). Ginseng family. 



Ht. several ft. ; leaflets heart-shaped, with double 

 teeth. Fruit red (or dark purple or black), berry- 

 like, small, many in a long cluster. Early 

 autumn . 



2. Plants over 2 ft., leaves simple. 



Poke (Phytolacca decandra). Poke-weed family. 



Tall perennial herb, stout, spreading, with red or 

 purple stem; leaves large, pointed, sometimes 1 ft. 

 long. Fruit conspicuous dark purple flattened 

 berries in long racemes, terminal or opposite the 

 leaves. Common. Early autumn. 



Maple-leaved Viburnum. Dockmackie {Viburnum 

 acerifolium) . Honeysuckle family. 

 Ht. several ft., straggly growth; leaves of 3 lobes, 

 lobes pointed, irregularly toothed. Fruit (drupe) 

 berry-like, crimson (turning purple), in flat ter- 

 minal clusters. 



Beach Plum (Prunus maritima). Rose family. 



Ht. several ft.; petals 5; leaves oval or egg-shaped, 

 with teeth; straggly growth. Fruit (drupe) on 

 slender stalk, roundish, purple with a bloom, 

 clustered. Late summer. 

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