{"id":6483,"key":"Raspberries","title":"Raspberries","latest":{"id":1207332,"timestamp":"2025-11-27T22:02:45Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"[[File:Raspberriesinhand.png|thumb]]\n\n'''Raspberries''' (''Rubus'' genus, rose family) are often considered to be the king of the berries, beloved by many people, and the birds. It is a perennial plant, with woody stems.\n\n== Description ==\n\nWhile most raspberries are red, there are also black, white and yellow raspberry varieties. The red raspberries are the most cold-hardy and prefer a cooler summer, while black varieties aren't as cold tolerant but can handle more heat during summer.\n\n== Growing raspberries ==\n\nChoose bareroot plants that have been certified disease free. Plant in the early spring.\n\nRaspberries can grow very lushly and produce wonderful fruit in a rich, moist, heavily [[mulch]]ed soil (pea straw makes for a great mulch). They send out suckers which can find their way through the mulch, but the mulch offers protection from weeds, keeps the soil moist, and enriches the soil. However, this sucker behaviour is precisely the reason you would do well to find a special patch for the raspberries, well away from your vegetable patch unless you're keen on fighting suckers underneath the veggies.\n\nRaspberries like rotted chicken manure for a regular feed.\n\nIn cooler areas, raspberries will grow well in full sun. In warmer areas, they will appreciate a little shade as well as a lot of sun.\n\n== Problems ==\n\nRaspberries like to spread. You can control this spread by using rows for planting. Plant in rows, then dig out the additional suckers regularly. This prevents the spread and allows the remaining plants to grow well.\n\n== Uses for raspberries ==\n\nRaspberries are a soft, easily damaged fruit - for this reason they are best home-grown (eaten before they can be damaged) or made into conserves to preserve the flavor and richness.\n\nThey also make a great sorbet and are delicious turned into a dessert sauce (coulis) to serve on puddings, cheesecake or ice cream.\n\nOf all the berries, raspberries are the ones most associated with romantic food, from raspberry chocolates to raspberry champagne. This is most likely on account of the taste and the deep red colour.\n\n== See also ==\n\n* Berries\n* [[Wines|Household Cyclopedia, Wines and Ciders (1881)]]\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n}}\n\n[[Category:Food crops]]\n[[Category:Berries]]"}