STURTEV ant's NOTES ON EDIBLE PLANTS 51I 



R. strigosus Michx. red raspberry. 



Northern America. In 1607, the Frenchmen of L'Escarbot's ' expedition " amused 

 themselves with gathering raspberries." It is among the wild fruits of Massachusetts 

 mentioned by Edward Winslow^ in 162 1. Its frtiits were greatly relished by the Indians 

 wherever they were to be found. The fruits of the wild plants vary much in color from 

 a dark red to a light, bright crimson. The fruits are large or small. In northern Iowa, 

 a chance wilding, called the Elisdale, bears a very large, bright red berry, with light bloom 

 and is very mveet and rich. Fuller,^ in 1867, mentions six varieties as imder cultivation. 



R. tagallus Cham, ct Schlecht. 



China and Island of Luzon. The red fruit is eatable.^ 



R. thunbergii Sieb. & Zucc. 



Japan. This species furnishes edible frmt.' 



R. tokkura Siebold. 



Japan. The fruit is small, red and consists of but few drupes. It is not of much 

 value but is utilized as an article of food in Japan.' 



R. trifidus Thunb. 



Japan. The red fruit is of a grateful taste. ^ 



R. triflorus Richards, dwarf raspberry. 



New England to Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and northward.* The fruit is eaten in 

 Colorado.' 



R. trivialis Michx. low-bush raspberry. 



Maryland to Florida. Elliott '" says the berries are large, black and well-flavored. 



R. tirsinus Cham. & Schlecht. salmonberry. western blackberry. 



Northwest America. This species has been introduced into cultivation in California." 

 The berries, in Oregon, are of medivim size, solid and highly flavored, ripening in July. 

 In the season, large quantities are collected for market. The fruit varies considerably. 

 Sometimes it is large and highly flavored, almost sweet; at other times it is large but sour 

 or rather insipid.'^ 



R. villosus Ait. blackberry, dewberry. 



Eastern North America. This species varies much in its fruit and several of the 

 cultivated varieties are chance seedlings taken from the field: such as the Kittatinny, 



' Parkman, F. Pion. France 274. 1894. 

 'Young, A. Chron. Pilgr. 234. 1841. 

 ' Fuller Sm. Fr. Cult. 149. 1867. 



* Don, G. Hist. Dichl. Pis. 2:530. 1832. 

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



Ibid. 



Don, G. Hist. Dichl. Pis. 2:539. 1832. 



"Gray, A. Man. Bot. 157. 1868. 



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

 "Elliott, S. Bot. So. Car., Ca. 1:569. 1821. 

 " Fuller Sm. Fr. Cult. 116. 1867. {R. macropetalus) 

 " Case Bot. Index 38. 1881. 



