brooklyn1 wrote:
> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
> ...
>> In article >,
>> "Jean B." > wrote:
>>
>>> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>>>> In article >,
>>>> Kate Connally > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> zxcvbob wrote:
>>>>>> before. They are never available in the stores, fresh or frozen.
>>>>> No, you can't get them in supermarkets.
>>>> I bought them at TJ. Inexpensive, too. Frozen.
>>> Black raspberries and not blackberries?????
>> I believe that's what I wrote.
>>
>>
>>
> Blackberries and black raspberries are synonymous, they're a cultivar of the
> same plant,

No, they're not! They're a totally different plant. They
are in the same genus but are not the same species.

The blackberry is an aggregate fruit from a bramble bush.
Blackberries are perennial plants which typically bear biennial stems
("canes") from the perennial root system.

Black raspberry is a common name for two closely related species of the
genus Rubus. Rubus occidentalis is a species of Rubus native to eastern
North America. Its common name black raspberry is shared with the
closely related western American species Rubus leucodermis. Other names
occasionally used include wild black raspberry, black caps, black cap
raspberry, and thimbleberry. Rubus occidentalis is a deciduous shrub
growing to 2–3 m tall, with thorny shoots. The black fruit makes them
look like Blackberries, though this is only superficial.

same as red raspberries, purple raspberries, yellow
> raspberries... there are hundreds of varietals/hybrids.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackberry

Nowhere in this article does it say anything about black
raspberries being a variety of blackberries.

Kate

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