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regions, as the Dallas in Texas, 'the Wilson in New 

 Jersey and the Minnewaski in limited areas of New 

 York. 



B. THE DEWBERRIES 



Like their near relatives, the blackberries, the dew- 

 berries are exceedingly variable in character, and many 

 different forms are -found, both wild and in cultivation. 

 At least four different species of the genus Rubus are 

 commonly known as dewberries, three of which, 

 together with several botanical varieties, are found 

 in cultivation. Most of the cultivated varieties be- 

 long to the common eastern species, Rubus villosus 

 (Rubus Canadensis of writers), or some of its bo- 

 tanical varieties, though in the Pacific states varie- 

 ties of the Coast dewberry, Rubus vitifolms, are more 

 common. 



The dewberries are distinguished from the blackber- 

 ries chiefly by their trailing habit of growth, their 

 early ripening, the character of the flower cluster, and 

 the method of propagation. The true dewberries bear 

 but few flowers in each cluster, the clusters are cymose, 

 the center flower opening first, and the flowers are few 

 and scattered, generally borne on long and ascending 

 pedicels, or stems, which tend to raise both flowers 

 and fruit well toward the end of the shoot. In the 

 blackberries the opposite of these characters is found. 

 The clusters are corymbose or racemose, the outer flow- 

 ers generally opening first, and the flowers are borne 

 in rather dense clusters, the pedicels being shorter, as 

 a rule, and standing more nearly at right angles to the 



