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BLACKBERRY, or BRAMBLE

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 19 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BLACKBERRY, or BRAMBLE , known botanically as Rubus fruticosus (natural See also:order See also:Rosaceae), a native of the See also:north temperate region of the Old See also:World, and abundant in the See also:British Isles as a copse and hedge-plant. It is characterized by its prickly See also:stem, leaves with usually three or five ovate, coarsely toothed stalked leaflets, many of which persist through the See also:winter, See also:white or See also:pink See also:flowers in terminal clusters, and See also:black or red-See also:purple fruits, each consisting of numerous succulent drupels crowded on a dry conical receptacle. It is a most variable plant, exhibiting many more or less distinct forms which are regarded by different authorities as sub-See also:species or species In See also:America several forms of the native blackberry, Rubus nigrobaccus (formerly known as R. villosus) , are widely cultivated; it is described as one of the most important and profitable of See also:bush-fruits. For details see F. W. Card in L. H. See also:Bailey's Cyclopedia of See also:American See also:Horticulture (1900).

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