MOUNTAIN BLACKBERRY 



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-. (»4. 65), Brunton's Early, and possibly Bangor. 

 The Dorchester, a> I have seen it growing in late 

 years, also belongs here, bnt I <!<> not know if tin- 

 plants which I have seen are 

 lineal descendants of the <>]<1 

 Dorchester introduced bj 

 Captain Lovett. The wild 

 form Itubus argutus Is the 

 mosl widely dis- 

 tributed of any of 

 onr blackberries 

 In Texas it is rep- ';, 

 resented by the 

 Dallas, which is 

 th<- best medium- 

 early blackberry 

 for that region. 

 Varieties of this 

 type I have called 

 the "Leafy -cluster 

 Blackberri 



A dwarfer <»r 

 more condensed 

 form of the high- 

 bush blackberry is 

 abundant in the 

 Adirondacks and 

 Alleghenies, where 

 often known as the moun- 

 tain blackberry. It has 

 been distinguished by Pro- 

 fessor Porter, who fti I 

 described it as Ruous ml- 



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