dewberries

Picking dewberries is a wonderful warm-day pastime.

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I think I'll be a bit of a Texas snob here and contend that dewberries (true dewberries, that is) can only be found in East Texas.

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The dewberries here (E. Texas) are in full production.

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Blackberries and dewberries are not the same thing, even though folks down here often use the terms interchangeably.

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I've never come across dewberries at my markets here in San Francisco, but love a good blackberry cobbler!

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My Nana passed last year, and I loved going to pick dewberries so she could make cobbler.

Dewberry cobbler is your reward | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2009

I'm a misplaced Texan down here in DC and believe it or not, we've got dewberries growing everywhere throughout our condo complex!

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Oh, does this ever take me back to North Louisiana and picking dewberries by the side of the road -- we always had to be careful to avoid stinging nettle.

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Oh, and I grew up west of Houston and never thought of dewberries and blackberries as being the same thing.

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For me, the month of May always reminds me of dewberries.

Dewberry cobbler is your reward | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2009