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  • From: "O'Barr, R. D." <topgun@otelco.net>
  • To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] I found a thornless raspberry in the woods
  • Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 07:43:47 -0500

How about rooting stem cuttings? Blackberry roots fairly easily.
Topgun
----- Original Message -----
From: <leclair@verizon.net>
To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 3:19 AM
Subject: [NAFEX] I found a thornless raspberry in the woods


> While at my parents house, I went walking in the woods
> for a little while. I've been going into those woods
> ever since I was a little kid, so I know the area and
> what grows there quite well.
>
> Wild, needle sharp, long thorned raspberries grow
> throughout the area, so it was no surprise to me when
> I saw a plant growing out from the roots of an
> upturned tree.
>
> I went over to the tree to investigate why it had
> overturned, only noticing that the raspberry stalks
> had virtually no thorns (dull, maybe 1/32 of an inch)
> until I brushed them away to check out the tree roots
> better. I then almost immediately forgot about the tree.
>
> The only difference that I could see between all the
> other wild raspberries and this one, was that this
> one was a lot shorter, only about 3-4' tall; though that
> could be because of its age, probably being grown from
> seed in bird dropping. I'm not sure how long it takes a
> seedling to grow full size. If I had to guess, this plant
> looks maybe 2 years old.
>
> Generally the wild raspberries in the woods grow to about
> 7-9' tall, and the ones that my mother grows in her
> raspberry patch out in the full sun can get to over 10'.
>
> The leaves were pretty much the same. The same shade of
> golden brown peeling paper skin on the stalks, etc.
>
> I'm thinking of moving the plant, but I'm also
> thinking that it is only this one single plant and
> I probably shouldn't move it until it spreads, which
> might take a couple of years. But then on the other
> hand, deer and moose might eat it since it doesn't
> have any thorns. Raspberries don't have thorns for
> nothing, and there's plenty of deer and moose in the
> area.
>
> I think that I'll try stooling a stalk in a pot, but
> I've never done it with raspberries.
>
> Any advice?
>
> -Nick
>
>
>
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