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   Until yesterday, I thought that all wild red raspberries bore relatively 
tiny fruits and that each plant bears few of them.  Yesterday I stumbled upon 
the exception, clearly what early plant breeders must have found to produce 
today's commercial varieties.  Those berries were larger than my thumb nail 
and there were 'strings' of them on a branch.  They are too far out in the 
woods to be likely garden escapes and it wasn't just one or two plants; there 
are hundreds of them spread out over hundreds of square feet.
   If I didn't already have large fruited raspberries, I'd be digging them up 
to bring some home.  Instead, I'll return next year to see if they are still 
performing as they are this year.

Jim Fruth
Brambleberry Farm
Pequot Lakes, Minnesota