. The botany of crop plants; a text and reference book. Botany, Economic. 355 The fruits arc small and globular or globular-oblong, and grow in smal' clusters. Wilson and Rathbun are typical varieties. Rubus aigutus.—The plants are erect, stiff, prickly, and with stems stronglj' angled, almost grooved. The small leaflets are firm 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 I'lorida and Arkansas. Common varieties are Dorchester, Early Harvest, and Brunton Early
. The botany of crop plants; a text and reference book. Botany, Economic. 355 The fruits arc small and globular or globular-oblong, and grow in smal' clusters. Wilson and Rathbun are typical varieties. Rubus aigutus.—The plants are erect, stiff, prickly, and with stems stronglj' angled, almost grooved. The small leaflets are firm 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 I'lorida and Arkansas. Common varieties are Dorchester, Early Harvest, and Brunton Early. Rubus cuneifolius.—The sand blackberry is a stifT, 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. Topsy is the common cultivated variety; it often does not have the pubescence of the Fu".. 149.—Xurlhcrn dewberry (Rubus villosus). DEWBERRIES These differ from blackberries in their trailing habit, cymose inflorescences, and propagation by tips. They ha\-e received tin- iianic "trailinLr )err\'." There are. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Robbins, Wilfred William, 1884-1952. Philadelphia, P. Blakiston
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