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["Pete Tallman" <pete_tallman@hotmail.com>]

In reference to Michael Bove inquiring about yellow-colored "black" 
raspberries, I have had a couple sent to me by correspondents over the past 
decade. In the past, I have also had dirty-white and red-orange colors I 
found in Hudson Valley, NY.  None are of the quality that I would keep 
around in preference to good-quality black ones. I've selected sample 
red-orange and garnet-red seedlings to keep around for a little while 
longer. (Seeds available if anyone wants them.) I bypass the nomenclature 
problem by calling them "yellowcaps" and "redcaps", for example. Main 
advantage is that the birds don't bother the off-colored ones nearly as much 
as they do the real blacks. In general, black raspberries seem to tolerate 
poorer soil and shadier conditions better than do many other brambles.

I'm curious whether you can describe the odd taste of yours? (I know that's 
not usually easy.)

Pete Tallman
Longmont, CO

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