Saranac Lake Black Raspberry

Rubus occidentalis Origin: Saranac Improvement status: Wild Seeds per packet: ~25 BOTANICAL SAMPLE - NOT GERMINATION TESTED Life cycle: Perennial For those of us who grew up in their territory, few wild edible plants capture the taste of summer than the sweet little bundles of finger-staining joy of black raspberries. Whether you call them black caps, scotch caps, bear's eye blackberries, or something else entirely, black raspberries are simply the best. But you don't need to rely on wild plants, they're quite easy to grow yourself!While black raspberries have always been something of a niche crop for farmers, far more likely to be encountered by most people as a wild plant than at a market, in our neck of the woods — the Mid-Atlantic — black raspberries are an old-timey favorite for products from jams, jellies, and pies, to yogurts, milkshakes, and (especially) ice cream. Black raspberry ice cream with dark chocolate chunks is a particularly beloved flavor. They can even be found fre