XI 



THE BLACKBERRY 



THE HIGH BLACKBEEKY {RuhuS vUloSUS) 



THE DEWBERRY {Ruhus Canadensis) 



This is one of the very important native fruits, 

 and is found growing wild in almost every section of 

 the country; perhaps the most noted section for the 

 growth of this fruit is Kew Jersey, from which large 

 quantities of fruit are shipped to many Northern and 

 Western cities. This fruit is noted for its medicinal 

 properties and is a very valuable addition to the list 

 of late summer fruits. In the garden the blackberry 

 is commonly planted in some out-of-the-way place where 

 it is allowed to spread unmolested, until it becomes an 

 impenetrable tangle, where neither man nor animals 

 can get the fruit. It is then voted a nuisance, when 

 with a little care at the proper time it would have 

 yielded an abundance of fruit. It should be more 

 largely grown than it is now, both in the field and 

 garden. 



THE COMMON HIGH BLACKBERRY 



The Soil — While the blackberry will grow in a 

 great variety of soils, it succeeds best in a rather heavy 

 moist one. If planted on a thin soil a very large 

 amount of manure or fertilizer must be used in order 

 to produce a large growth of tops that will shade the 

 ground and thus keep it cool. A plantation in thin 

 soil will not last as long as one in heavy land. On a 



