The Species of Fruits 7 



CLASS III. Smalii-Fruit* Culture (The 'Berries). 



Subclass 1. Bush-fruits.t 



Group a. Rubaceous fruits, or (bramble-fruits). 

 ^ Raspberry, Rubus idosus. 

 ^Blackcap raspberry, Rubus ocddentalis. 

 ^ Red raspberry, Rubus strigosus. 



Wineberry, Rubus phosnicolixsius, 

 t'Blackberry, Rubus nigrdbaccus and other species. 

 Thornless blackberry, Rubus canadensis. 

 Evergreen blackberry, Himalaya berry, Rubus laciniaius. 

 <^Northern dewberry, Rubus mllosus, R. invisus. 

 Southern dewberry, Rubus irimalis. 

 Pacific dewberry, Rubus vitifolma. 



Group 6. Ribaceous fruits. 



^ Currant, Ribes mdgare. 



y Black currant, Ribes nigrum. 



Buffalo currant, Ribes aureum. 

 (/Gooseberry, Ribes Grossularia. 

 ^ American gooseberry, Ribes oxycanthoides (or R. hirtellum). 



Group c. Blueberries. 



Swamp or High-bush blueberry, Vacdnium corymbosum. 

 Canada blueberry, Vacdnium canadense. 

 Low-bush blueberry, Vacdnium. pennsyhanicvm,. 



Group d. Miscellaneous bush-fruits. 



Juneberry, Am,elanchier oblongifolia, A. alnifolia and others. 



Buffalo berry, Shepherdia argentea. 



Goumi, Eloeagnus m,ultiflora. 



Caraunda, Carissa Carandas. 



Natal plum, Carissa grandiflora. 



Amatungulu, Carissa bispinosa. 



*SmalL-fruit8. A term applied to all small and berry-like fruits produced 

 on bushes or perennial herbaceous plants; as currant, blackberry raspberry, 

 strawberry. In Europe the strawberry is classed with garden vegetables, and 

 melons are often treated with the fruits. SmaU-fruits is an American term. 



i Bush-fruits. Fruits borne on bushes, or small woody plants destitute of 

 a central stem or axis. It is an English term, and is equivalent to small-fruits, 

 except that it does not include the strawberry. 



