Berry ID Question

kate_ce1995 · Post by **kate_ce1995** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 6:47 pm

Hi all,

For my well versed nursery and outdoor enthusiasts, Geoff and I need help with a wild berry ID. It looks similar to a raspberry, but is a bit bigger, the little seed pods are smaller individually and its a bit hairier than a raspberry. We both have the name on the tip of our tounges and can't come up with it!

Katy

mle_ii · Post by **mle_ii** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 7:36 pm

Boysenberry? (sp?)
Marionberry?

artteacher · Post by **artteacher** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 11:23 pm

I'm guessing the one's already named, but could it be a blackberry? They are pretty common wild.

Love, Marsha

Lucy · Post by **Lucy** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 11:29 pm

Hi,

I remember when I was a child how I would find what we called, "Doberries" (sp) growing along the bayou in our neighborhood.

Can't remember what the things looked like from that long ago, but they tasted good.

Anyone know what those are, what they look like, or how they're spelled? Ha!

Yours, Luce

Post by **tex** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 11:51 pm

Luce,

They're dewberries:

http://www.innvista.com/health/foods/fr ... wberry.htm

Tex

MaggieRedwings · Post by **MaggieRedwings** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 5:56 am

HI Katy,

What you may have found could actually be raspberries. The ones from the market are cultivated and usually larger than wild ones. Your description sounds much like a wild raspberry.

Maggie

kate_ce1995 · Post by **kate_ce1995** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 6:07 am

Maybe it is a slightly different variety of raspberry.... We have what are now wild raspberries in our yard, but they must have been cultivated at one time. I'll have to go back and check on these. I remember eating them as a kid, and of course just because I used to know what they were called doesn't mean that was the actual name...my gram and my dad were famous for mixing names of stuff up.

Thanks,
Katy

Jean · Post by **Jean** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 5:34 pm

You've gotten good answers. I bet they are black berries, take a picture and we will be sure.

I once had a customer come in to the greenhouse with raspberry leaves and ask if I could tell what color the berries would be. Nobody is that good, LOL!!!

Love, Jean

kate_ce1995 · Post by **kate_ce1995** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 7:38 pm

Nope, definately not blackberries. These are red.

If I get a spare moment, I'll take a pic. The last 2 days have been blessedly hot and humid though so no walks. Although I did have to play a band concert in the 90 degree heat last night. And there was NO breeze. A blessing and a curse...music doesn't blow away, but no cooling effect either. Apparently it was even too hot for the bugs that normally plauge us if we don't have a good breeze.

Katy

Momster · Post by **Momster** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 11:42 am

We have berries that seem to be similar to the ones you describe. They're called salmon berries.

This was taken from an aboriginal site:

Warm summer breezes and dry weather were most evident during the CENTEKI season. The WEWELES (Swansen's Thrush) - the ripener of the summer berries, arrived. His song put colour into the berries. The DILEK (wild strawberries) and ELI,LE (salmon berries) began to ripen.

Here's from another site:

http://www.ernestartist.org/RubusSpectabilis01.htm

Plants - Pacific Northwest

Rubus Spectabilis: Salmon berry

Botanical Glossary - Home

Rubus Spectabilis: Salmon berry

Salmonberry is another of the Pacific Northwest most common shrubs. Its two to ten foot cranes weave and interlock forming a thicket which is all but impassable.

The reddish pink blooms have a rose-like appearance blossoming from April to July. The first berries that ripen are in the lowlands and as the altitude increases, they ripen progressively later. The berries themselves may range from honey orange to deep red in color.

The tender young shoots were harvested by many of the northwestern Indian tribes, chopped, boiled, or sautéed. They taste good in casseroles or when eaten raw.

Does that sound like what you saw?

I love a mystery.

Have a nice day.

Love - Momster

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They grow wild here in Southwestern BC Canada and probably down the west coast of Washington and Oregon - Jill? Sally?

If they are, they are non poisenous, but pretty tasteless berries. We usually ignore them.

Love - Momster

mle_ii · Post by **mle_ii** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 12:44 pm

Yep, salmon berries grow in WA and OR as well. :)