CHAPTER XIV. 

 THE BRAMBLES. 



THE brambles include the blackberry, the dewberry, the 

 red raspberry, the black raspberry and the loganberry. 

 The blackberry and the raspberry are the most important 

 brambles, and these are found growing in many sections of 

 the country. They are both commercially profitable over a 

 large area. The dewberry is more limited in its growth 

 than either the blackberry or the raspberry. It is grown 

 in many places, however, but it does not rank very high 

 as a commercial fruit. The loganberry is a new bramble. 

 It has come into prominence very recently. The area over 

 which it can be grown is somewhat limited. The logan- 

 berry reaches its highest development in the northwestern 

 part of the United States. It is a very important fruit in 

 Washington and Oregon and it is shipped to many parts 

 of the country from that region. 



The brambles are special favorites of most growers because 

 they give quick returns. They are easily grown and the 

 yields are usually large. Some one of the brambles should 

 find a place in either the small suburban home garden or 

 the farm garden. Where the garden is large enough, a few 

 plants of each bramble should be grown. 



In many sections of the country the brambles, and espe- 

 cially the blackberry, raspberry and dewberry, grow wild. 

 These wild sorts are good but they are usually inferior to 

 the cultivated varieties. Whenever brambles are desired 

 for the garden it is always well to select those cultivated 

 varieties that have proved to be profitable. It is rarely 

 ever satisfactory to collect the wild sorts for the garden. 

 The fully ripened fruit of the cultivated sorts is much 

 superior in quality to that of the wild sorts. The habit of 

 growth of the cultivated plants surpasses the wild varieties 



