SHORT-CLUSTER TYPES 



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A closely related form, common in open and dryish 

 places, i> a liu>li generally only two <>r three feel 

 high, bearing ;i shorl 

 cluster of small 



^" 



roundish mosl l\ loose- 

 grained fruits. The 

 varieties of this t\ pe 

 have a strong ten- 

 dency t<» produce ;i 

 few later fruits on 

 the tips <>f the new 

 growth. These late 

 fruits often ripen as 

 late as ill'- first week 

 in September. The 

 leaflets an' broader, 

 in o r e a 1> r u p t 1 y 

 pointed, usually 

 thicker and shorter- 

 b talked, and generally 

 verj coarsely and un- 

 evenly serrate or even 

 jagged. This is the 

 commonesl form of 

 blackberry in gar- 

 dens, and includes 

 Buch varieties as Ne^v 

 Rochelle or Lawton, 

 l\itiatiiin\ , Sn\ der, 



•..nil. Erie, and 



Minnewaski. T\ pical 



clusters <>f ilii^ group are Bhown in 



Fig 60. 

 Thecal! 

 wild blackberrj . 

 Life 



Figs, (il 



omparativelj few-fruited, leafy, the stems 



i;i\ it 

 oblique 



