188 HOW TO KNOW WILD FRUITS 



Flowers. The flowers are small and white, 

 with few in the cluster. 



The fall foliage is brilliant. It grows not 

 only in swamps, but in sandy places as well. 



The Blackberries, aside from their more erect 

 growth, are distinguished by their denser flower 

 clusters, the lower or outer flowers of which are 

 the first to develop ; and also by their habit of 

 " sucker " spreading instead of " tip " spreading. 



SAND BLACKBERRY 



Rubus cuneifolius Rose Family 



Fruit. The fruit is rather small but sweet 

 and solid. It grows in small short clusters with 

 leaves often growing below the berries. July, 

 August. 



Leaves. The compound leaves consist of 

 from three to five leaflets, which are obovate, 

 obtuse, toothed, and quite thick. They are dull 

 green above, whitened and woolly beneath. 



Flowers. The white or pinkish flowers grow 

 in short, usually terminal clusters of few flowers. 



This is a low variety, from one to three feet 



