BLACK, BLUE AND PURPLE FRUIT 
Black Haw ( Viburnum prumfolium) . Honeysuckle 
family. 
A tall shrub or small tree with oval, obtusely pointed, fine- 
toothed, short-stemmed leaves. Fruit berry-like (drupe), ovoid, 
black, or with purplish bloom in terminal clusters. Early 
autumn. 
GROUP IV 
Upright shrubs with alternate leaves. 
Alternate-leaved Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia) . 
Dogwood family. 
A tall shrub with leaves thickly set at the top, egg-shaped or 
oval, long-pointed. Fruit (drupe) similar to the other dogwood 
fruits, but dark-blue on red stalks, in irregular terminal clusters. 
Late summer. 
Dangleberry (Gaylussacia frondosa) . Heath family. 
A shrub with maximum height of six feet; leaves egg-shaped 
to oblong, pale with bloom beneath. Fruit large blue berries 
with whitish bloom, sweet and edible, in loose, lender clusters. 
Midsummer. 
Inkberry {Ilex glabra). Holly family. 
A shrub with maximum height of six feet, with evergreen, 
shining leaves, an inch or two long, dotted underneath, blunt- 
pointed, generally with several teeth at the end, and with short 
leaf-stalks. Fruit berry-like (drupe) , black, each one on a stalk. 
Sandy ground. (Old Latin name of Holly Oak.) 
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