BLACKBERRY. 



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able in size and in its general appearance. Figure 78 

 shows a section of the stem of the well known Xew Ro- 

 chelle Blackberry, which is a variety of 

 this species. 



R. Canadensis. — Low Blackberry, 

 Dewberry. — Shrubby, trailing slightly, 

 prickly; leaflets three or pedately five to 

 seven, oval or ovate-lanceolate, mostly 

 pointed, thin, nearly smooth ; flowers in 

 racemes with leaf-like bracts ; fruit mostly 

 round, with large grains, sweet and 

 pleasant flavor, ripens earlier than It, Vilr 

 losus. Very common in dry sandy soils. 



. R. hispidus* — Running Swamp Black- 



ems slender, shrubby, mostly 

 trailing, Avith numerous, small, reflexed 

 prickles ; leaflets three, rarely five, smooth, 

 obovate, coarsely serrate, entire toward 

 the base ; flower small, borne on a leafless 

 peduncle; fruit purple or shining black, 

 grains lai-ge and few; generally very 

 acid. Common in the Northern States, 

 I'ig. 78. \ow^ damp woods. 



R. cuneifolius. — Sand Blackberry. — One to three feet 

 high, shrubby, upright, armed with stout, recurved prickles; 

 branchlets and lower surface of tlie leaf, whitish, woolly; 

 leaflets three to five, wedge-obovate, tliickish, serrate above ; 

 peduncles two to four floAvered ; petals large ; fruit medium , 

 size, of good flavor, black, ripens late. Common in Xew 

 Jersey and soutlnvarcl, in sandy soils. 



R. triyialis.— Low Bush Blackberry. — Stems shrubby, 

 trailing, bristly and prickly; leaves evergreen, coriaceous, 

 nearly glabrous; leaflets three or pedately five, ovate- 

 oblong, or lanceolate, sharply serrate, peduncles one to 

 three flowered. Sandy soils, from Virginia southward. 

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