"Blackberries": berry picking with Bridget Jacobs, Joe Batt's Arm

"Blackberry" bush in Joe Batt's Arm. The bushes grow small and close to the ground. The black crowberry (Empetrum nigrum) is locally known as the blackberry; also heathberry or earthberry; curlew berry in some locales. (Waghorne, 1888)

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Power, Maureen
Other Authors: Jacobs, Bridget
Format: Still Image
Language:English
Published: 2007
Subjects:
Food
Knowledge of the land/water and environment
Blackcurrants (Black crowberries)
Crowberry
Empetrum nigrum
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_cn/id/251
Description
Summary:"Blackberry" bush in Joe Batt's Arm. The bushes grow small and close to the ground. The black crowberry (Empetrum nigrum) is locally known as the blackberry; also heathberry or earthberry; curlew berry in some locales. (Waghorne, 1888)

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