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["William C. Garthright" <billg@inebraska.com>]

> I'm pretty sure I've read that a virus (or maybe a fungus, but I think a 
> virus) can do that to cane fruit.


Interesting, Ginda. I haven't seen that, though I've seen something even 
stranger.

A couple of years ago, one cane of my black raspberries started growing 
very weirdly. It looked like a normal cane for several feet, then it 
became this wide, flat growth - like a thick belt. It continued to grow 
this way, very vigorously, in fact.

I always wondered what had caused that. I've haven't seen it since.

Thanks,

Bill
Lincoln, NE (zone 5)

http://garthright.blogspot.com/

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