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tion of small drupes, which remains attached 

 when ripe to the juicy white receptacle on which 

 it is borne. 



Our principal Dewberries are two in number : 

 Low Running Blackberry and Running Swamp 

 Blackberry. 



LOW RUNNING BLACKBERRY 



Rubus villosus. Rubus Canadensis Rose Family 



Fruit. — The fruit grows in small clusters. 

 It is usually hemispherical or ovoid. The 

 drupelets are large, juicy, and rather sour until 

 fully ripe, when they are quite sweet. At the 

 base of each fruit is the calyx, from w^hich the 

 berry separates when it falls, leaving many dried 

 stamens visible in the calyx cup. 



Leaves. — The leaves have three to seven 

 oval or ovate leaflets, which are sharply doubly 

 toothed. They are quite thick and large. Leaf- 

 like bracts grow on the flower and the fruit 

 clusters. 



This is the common Dewberry of the north, 

 and is a frequent roadside trailing vine. The 

 species is very variable. 



The rich dark reds of its fall leaves, spreading 



