ROSACEiE 



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The fruits are small and globular or globular-oblong, and grow in small 

 clusters. Wilson and Rathbun are typical varieties. 



Rubus aigutus. — The plants are erect, stiff, prickly, and with stems 

 strongly angled, almost grooved. The small leaflets are 6rm and rather rigid, 

 and coarsely toothed. Inflorescences are short and leafy. The fruit is small, 

 globular, and black. The species is found growing wild from New England 

 to Florida and Arkansas. Common varieties are Dorchester, Early Harvest, 

 and Brunton Early. 



Rubus cuneifolius. — The sand blackberry is a stiff, thorny plant about 

 3 feet tall. The leaflets are thick, obovate, and white-pubescent beneath. 

 Inflorescences are short and bear but a few (two to eight) flowers. The fruit 

 is of medium size, sweet, and desirable. This species grows wild from south- 

 ern New York and Pennsylvania to Florida, Louisiana and Missouri. Tops}' 

 is the common cultivated variety; it often does not have the pubescence of 

 the species. 



Fig. 149. — Northern dewberry (Rubus villosus). 

 DEWBERRIES 



These differ from blackberries in their trailing habit, 

 cymose inflorescences, and propagation by tips. They 

 have received the name "trailing blackberry." There are 



