CHAP TER X XIV. 



THE BLACKBERRY 



Is^indigenous to this country and at the South grows 

 wild in great profusion. On account of the abundant 

 supplies of this berry, which may be gathered from our 

 old fields, it has been cultivated, in most sections of the 

 Southern States, to a very limited extent. The fruit is 

 very valuable, being used for cooking in various ways, 

 evaporating, wine-making, etc. It is much improved by 



Pig. 87.— Wilson's Early. Fig. 88 — Kittattinny. 



■cultivation, requiring about the same pruning as the 

 raspberry. The propagation from suckers and root cut- 

 tings is very easy and rapid. White varieties of this 

 fruit are sometimes found growing wild among the blacks. 

 While something of a novelty, the}^ are of no especial 

 value. The fruit of the trailing dewberry is superior to 



