On Jul 21, 2:32*pm, Kate Connally > wrote:
> 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

I don't think that anyone who has had the two would be convinced that
they are the same thing.

John Kane, Kingston ON Canada