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It was thus queried:

I am planning to plant some bramble berries this year and ran across this 
statement at Stark Bros: "Red, Gold and Purple Raspberries and Blackberries 
should not be planted within 75 to 100 feet of Black Raspberries."

My reply:

A few reasons.

1) Accidental crosses that grow as seedlings.  Likely to be less palatable as 
within a color group (except oddly the Korean yellows)

2) Red and Gold tend to be hardier than purple and blacks, and tend to have a 
shorter lifespan bu they host disease that can spread to the Red and Golds

3) The comment is probably somewhat dates, a long time ago the colors really 
were relatively distinct, now the lines are more blurred.  

I would suggest you call and ask. A good resource might also Nourse, they 
probably have a bit more of modern view of things. 

tfb

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