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  • From: <jfruth@tds.net>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [NAFEX] Huge Wild Raspberries
  • Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 7:54:57 -0500

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




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