Dewberry is a small, oval fruit that grows on a trailing blackberry plant. Unlike other blackberries, which grow on erect bushes, dewberries develop on long, slender branches that spread along the ground. They are black or shades of red. Each fruit consists of a cluster of tiny fruits called drupelets. Dewberries are eaten fresh or used to make pies, jelly, jam, or wine.
Dewberries grow wild throughout the Northern Hemisphere. They are also grown commercially. Commercially grown varieties of dewberries include boysenberries and loganberries.
Growers produce dewberry plants by burying sections of stems or roots in mounds of earth. As the plants grow, they are tied to stakes or wire frames to ensure their proper development and to allow growers to care for them easily. The dewberry plants produce new stems each year, but only two-year-old stems bear fruit. After the dewberries are harvested, growers remove the two-year-old stems to make room for new stems to develop.
