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BUSH-FBUITS 



Fig. 57. Rubus Idceus {X%). 



eels short, ascending, aggregated above ; calyx tomentose ; sepals 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, longer than the petals, at length 

 recurved; fruit dark red or yellow, produced more or less con- 

 tinuously throughout the season (Fig. 57). 



Original distribution. — Common throughout Europe and western 

 Asia. 



This is the parent of the older garden varieties which were 

 imported from Europe, and which ushered in raspberry growing in 



