CHAPTER VIII 

 VARIETIES OF BLACKBERRIES AND DEWBERRIES 



BLACKBERRIES and dewberries are recent in cultivation. 

 In many parts of the country they are still to be found 

 wild in such abundance that there is little incentive to 

 grow them. Having been developed from native species, 

 the number of varieties is not so great as with the rasp- 

 berries. There has been some falling off in the area de- 

 voted to these fruits in recent years in the eastern states 

 as shown by census statistics, but on the Pacific coast 

 their cultivation has increased. This is apparently due 

 to the introduction of the loganberry and its popularity. 

 While typically distinct, the dividing line between black- 

 berries and dewberries is not well defined, many inter- 

 mediate forms occurring which pass in easy grades from 

 one to the other. 



THE BLACKBERRIES 



The blackberry family is exceedingly variable. Within 

 the limits of species properly called blackberries and 

 dewberries may be found an almost endless variety of 

 forms. Little wonder that it has offered a fertile field 

 for the species-maker. With specimens at hand he 

 may name and describe form after form to his heart's 

 content. But when he comes to visit them in their na- 



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