Marg's Golden Black Raspberry

Rubus occidentalis var. pallida Origin: Alliance, New Jersey Improvement status: Wild Seeds per packet: ~25 BOTANICAL SAMPLE - NOT GERMINATION TESTED Life cycle: Perennial EFN INTRODUCTION. This is something really special. In many parts of North America, black raspberries (or "black caps") are a quintessential taste of summer. People who know of a productive wild patch have been known to keep the location a closely guarded secret, and will stand in it picking berries until their fingers are stained purple. A few cultivars (like 'Bristol' and 'Cumberland') are in limited cultivation, with the fruit typically processed soon after harvesting, often as jam or jelly or a beloved ice cream or yogurt flavor (particularly popular in our Mid-Atlantic region). The fruit don't keep very long, so the berries are rarely found whole at markets. In just a few locations (one other being a small part of Ohio), random mutation has led to plants producing berries that are not black at all, but a beau