Re: berries
- Subject: Re: berries
- From: M* T*
- Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 03:23:43 -0400
Duncan,
When I was doing research on Rubus for the article I wrote about the
"wild" ones in my woodland, I discovered that the major difference
between blackberries and raspberries is in how the fruit is attached
to the receptacle (the central knob or core of the berry). Fruit
color has nothing to do with it as this can range from yellow to red
to black in either type.
When ripe, raspberries separate from this core, producing a hollow
fruit. Blackberries stay attached to the core. There are also
differences in stem but , for Amy, the berry difference will tell her
what she's been picking.
I found that there are seemingly countless species of native and
non-native but naturalized Rubus in the US. Some are endemic to only
small areas and some are widespread across the country, so there is
no one web location that will provide a definitive image.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@hort.net
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> From: Duncan McAlpine <mcalpin1@yahoo.com>
>
> Name: Amy
> can u please mail me a picture of what blackberries look like. i
believe i have wild ones in my back yard. also atren't there also
black raspberries? i have been picking them for about 2 weeks now.
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