5o6 sturtevant's notes on edible plants 



By some it is preferred for cultivation on account of its fruit. Johnson ' says the berries 

 " are far superior in flavor to the ordinary bramble. 



R. canadensis Linn, dewberry, low blackberry, trailing blackberry. 



Eastern North America. This trailing plant often furnishes a fine fruit, which is 

 generally preferred to that of other blackberries. The fruit varies from half an inch to 

 an inch in diameter and is very sweet and juicy, high-flavored and excellent. 



R. chamaemorus Linn, bakeapple. cloitdberry. molka. salmonberry. yellow- 

 berry. 

 Northern and arctic climates. The fruit is large, yellow or amber-colored, sweet 

 and jviicy. Geo. Lawson says it is brought abundantly to the Halifax markets.^ This 

 species furnishes winter food to the western Eskimos, who collect the berries in autimin 

 and preserve them by freezing.' The fruit is also preserved by the Indians of Alaska.* 

 The Swedes and Norwegians preserve great quantities of the fruit in the autumn to make 

 tarts and other confections," and, in Sweden, vinegar is made by fermenting the berries. 

 The Laplanders preserve the berries by burying them in the snow.' 



R. corchorifolius Linn. f. 



Japan. The fruit is edible, according to Kinch. ' The species furnishes an edible fruit. * 



R. crataegifolius Bimge. 



China. This species is said in Transon's Trade Catalogue of 1 880-81 ' to have been 

 introduced into France from Manchiuia some years ago. In July it gives a great quantity 

 of transparent, scarlet fruits, the taste of which is sugary and agreeable. 



R. cuneifolius Pursh. sand blackberry. 



Long Island to Florida. Pursh '" says the berries are hard and dry; Elliott," that 

 they are juicy and eatable; Wood,'^ that they are black, juicy and well-flavored; Gray ^ 

 calls them well-flavored; Fuller " says the fruit is of medium size, good flavor, black and 

 ripens late. 



R. deliciosus Torr. rocky mountain raspberry. 



Western North America. The fruit is delicious, according to Torrey. In Colorado, 

 it is a flne fruit of peculiar flavor. '" 



' Johnson, C. P. Useful Pis. Gl. Brit. 90. 1862. 



' Card. Chron. iB:7i6. 1882. 



' Seemann, B. Anthrop. Journ. 3: CCCIII. 1865. 



* Dall, W. H. U. S. D. A. Rpt. 178. 1868. 



' Lightfoot, J. Fl. Scot. 1:267. 1879. 



Johnson, C. P. Useful Pis. Gl. Brit. 91. 1862. 



' Rein Indust. Jap. 92. 1889. 



' Georgeson Amer. Gard. 12:204. 1891. 



' Transon Nurs. Cat. 2$. 1880-81. Orleans, France. 

 '"Pursh, F. Fl. Amer. Septent. 1:347. 1814. 

 " Elliott, S. Bot. So. Car., Ga. 1:568. 1821. 

 " Wood, A. Class Booh Bot. 339. 1855. 

 " Gray, A. Man. Bot. 158. 1868. 

 ' Fuller Sm. Fr. Cult. 169. 1867. 

 " Thompson, R. O. U. S. D. A. Rpt. 126. 1866. 



