''For the sound made by humans to simulate flatulence (blowing a raspberry) see the
USA term, Bronx cheer''
raspberry (red) - watercolor 1892
The
Raspberry or
Red Raspberry, (''Rubus idaeus'') is a
plant that produces a tart, sweet, red composite
fruit (not a true
berry) in late summer or early autumn. The fruit is similar to that of the
blackberry, but is smaller, softer, and a different color. It typically grows in forest clearings or fields, particularly where fire or wood-cutting has produced open space for colonization by this opportunistic colonizer of disturbed soil. As a cultivated plant, it is easy to grow and has a tendency to spread unless cut back. Raspberry is sometimes eaten by the
larvae of some
Lepidoptera species including
Emperor Moth,
Peach Blossom,
The Engrailed,
Small Square-spot and
Double Square-spot.
Two types are commercially available: the wild-type summer bearing, that produces an abundance of fruit on second-year canes within a relatively short period in midsummer, and double- or "ever"- bearing plants, which also bear a few fruit on first-year canes in the autumn, as well as the summer crop on second-year canes. Raspberries can be cultivated from
USDA plant hardiness zones 9 to 3.
A golden Raspberry, which is pale yellow, has been selected by horticulturalists.
The
black raspberry, also called a
blackcap, is not the same plant, being a cultivar (usually) of
Rubus occidentalis, a
North American species. Several other non-cultivated
Rubus species are also called raspberries.
raspberry (black) - watercolor 1893
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