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BUSH-FRUITS 



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 (Pig. 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 



