RED OR REDDISH PURPLE 45 



RED CURRANT 



Ribes rubrum. Ribes rubrum, Var. subglandulosum 

 Gooseberry Family 



Fruit. — The smooth, round, red berries grow 

 in drooping racemes, and in appearance and 

 taste are similar to the cultivated currant. 



The Wild Red Currant is very similar to the 

 garden one, although that is probably a culti- 

 vated form of a European species. The currant 

 is native to America, Europe, and Asia. The 

 Red Currant and the Fetid Currant are the only 

 species with red berries, and the Fetid is easily 

 distinguished by its glandular bristles and dis- 

 agreeable odor. The range of our native fruit 

 is in cold woods, from Labrador to Alaska and 

 south to New Jersey, Indiana, and Minnesota. 



PURPLE-FLOWERING RASPBERRY 

 Rubus odoratus Rose Family 



Fruit. — The tiny red drupes are closely 

 packed together into a flat, close head, which 

 separates readily from the broad receptacle. 

 Withered stamens and recurved calyx lobes 



