Poking through the holly beside her was what looked like blackberry canes with the usual mix of purple, red, and pink fruit on them.

The Blackberry winter term may have arisen to describe the belief that a spring cold snap helps the blackberry canes to start growing.

Afterward I felt more disposed toward the country, until the chiggers off the blackberry canes started gnawing.

And the wild blackberry canes on the farm thrive in the cracked cement behind the barn.

Myrica struggled against the blackberry canes, not taking the time to walk "with the briars" the way her grandfather had taught her.

The little woman called Lily stepped out from between two blackberry canes, her head, crowned by a flat straw hat, bobbing with suppressed laughter.

Tegan did, pushing away blackberry canes and catching the hem other skirt behind her.

He was pulling ahead of her, leaving her with her skirt snagged on blackberry canes.

The darkness seemed less dense, and she could make out shapes: tall trees, a huge boulder, and ubiquitous blackberry canes waving high in the air.

The shaft was a length of blackberry cane with grooves rather than proper fletching to make it fly straight.