CHAPTER XXII 

 BUSH FRUITS IN THE HOME GARDEN 



The term bush fruits as here used includes raspberries, the 

 blackberry group, currants, gooseberries, blueberries, and cran- 

 berries. The distribution of bush fruits is shown in figure 179 

 but the last three are not included in the map. 



While these are considered chiefly from the standpoint of the 



UNITED STATES 



BUSH FRUITS 



/blackberries, raspberries, loganberries, \ 

 ^dewberries, currants, and gooseberries/ 



ACREAGE 



BACH DOT REPRESENTS 100 ACRES 



Fig. 179. — Acreage of bush fruits in the United States. The acreage is mostly in the 

 Northeastern States, especially along the eastern shore of Lake Michigan and in the Lake 

 Ontario and Finger Lakes regions of New York. Smaller but intensive centers of produc- 

 tion are located in Sonoma County, Cal., around Salem, Greg., and Puyallup, Wash. 



home gardener, the methods are much the same as for the com- 

 mercial grower. The surplus product should be properly marketed. 



RASPBERRIES 



There are four main types of raspberries. (1) The so-called red 

 raspberry group, including the red, purple and yellow berries 

 (strigosus). (2) The black cap group (occidentalis). (3) The 

 European group with red and yellow berries (idseus). (4) Purple 

 caned varieties of the species Rubus neglectus. 

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