50 HOW TO KNOW WILD FRUITS 



out in all directions from the central root and 

 send up new shoots in fresh soil. It is common 

 to find the Raspberry growing in patches by the 

 roadside, along fence rows, or in corners. 



Our Wild Red Raspberry is the ancestor of 

 the various cultivated varieties. The cultivated 

 White Raspberry is considered a " sj^ort." 



Biibus neglectus, or Purple Wild Raspberry, 

 is an intermediate form between the Wild Red 

 Raspberry and the Black Raspberry. It is a 

 plant with comparatively few bristles or prickles. 

 The fruit is borne on upright stems, is dark red, 

 and nearly heniis|)herical. In cultivation the 

 fruit is yellow. 



DWARF RASPBERRY 

 Rubus Americanus. Rubus triflorus Rose Family 



Fruit, — This fruit resembles in appearance 

 that of the Low Blackberry. It differs in color, 

 being dark red when ripe, and also in the sepa- 

 ration of the few, two to five, grains which com- 

 pose it from the receptacle, when the fruit is 

 mature. Each grain is a juicy drupe inclosing 

 a single hard-coated seed. The fruit is borne on 

 a slender stem. July. 



