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Old 21-10-2008, 09:40 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Blackberry bushes
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Order corrected. Please don't top-post.

Rusty Hinge 2;819023 Wrote:
The message
from Janet Conroy contains
these words:
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I think you mean brambles, rather than blackberries. -

Same difference.

There IS a difference - brambles don't fruit, blackberries do, plus
brambles pop up all over the place if not dug out, whereas blackberries
seem to grow from a single main stem and can be trained and contained.

You seem to be alone in believing this distinction, Janet.

OED:
Bramble 1. A rough prickly shrub; spec. the blackberry-bush (Rubus
fruticosus).

Blackberry 1. The fruit of the bramble (Rubus fruticosus) and its
varieties.
2. The trailing shrub which bears this fruit; the bramble.
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