364 THE EVOLUTION OF OUR NATIVE FRUITS 





The Cloudberry, 

 Rubus Chamcemorus, 

 an herbaceous little 

 ^;^ f 'l>^F bramble of the boreal 

 parts of the northern 

 hemisphere, affords a 

 most excellent fruit. 

 which is much used 

 by residents of the 

 countries where it 

 grows. It is not in 

 cultivation for its 

 fruit, but the follow- 

 in-- accounl of the berry, by J. M. 

 Macoun in "( rarden and Poresl " for 

 L889, is so interesting thai I transcribe 

 it for the conclusion of this discussion 

 of t lie rubus fruits .- 



"The Cloudberry, which is found 

 in few Localities south of the Canadian 

 boundary, and even then not in a great 

 abundance, is quite common and greatly 

 pri/cd in Newfoundland, Labrador, Nova 



Pig. 82. 

 mi's blackberry. 



