Talk:Raspberry

More Raspberries

Not to blow raspberries at the existing definition, but could someone add more information about the source the comedic act of blowing raspberries. Saw something on google about a W.C. Fields movie reference to a Raspberry cart's tire loosing air and making the noise. Mat

Check the disambiguation page for more info. Shmooisalcap (talk) 07:16, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Question on Raspberries

I have raspberries in my garden... but no clue when they are ripe. They feel quite hard now, they should be soft, right? --Enjoydotcom 14:42, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

yes, should be soft and sweet (not tart). if they are hard they need water and probably it is too sunny.

You don't seem to know much about raspberries...being too hard means they're unwripe which, if anything to do with the sun, means they haven't got enough of it. And the way to tell if a plant needs water is if the leaves begin to shrivel...the fruit will have never been produced if the plant wasn't getting enough water.

Also this article is jumbled and uses a lot of words and doesn't get much good information across. I think it says something about our society that Britney Spears page is updated live to the minute with perfect information 24/7/365 and yet we still can't get a good raspberry page up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.109.157.193 (talk) 15:12, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

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If they come off the bush easily they are ripe if they are hard or impossible to take off the bush then they are not ready yet (they should leave the center stem on the bush).

Another Question

Are Raspberries a North American plant or European or Asian in origin?

The answer is roughly: Yes. There are several species which are called Raspberry and the cultivars are often hybrids of both. Rubus strigosus is a North American native plant, and Rubus idaeus is a European native plant. Quickos (talk) 17:44, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

All berries can be found throughout the Northern Hemisphere naturally and now they are grown commercially throughout the world on five continents. (U.S., Mexico, all over South America, U.K., Spain, Portugal, New Zealand, Australia, etc.--New Zealand and Australia actually supply each other at different times of the year.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.109.157.193 (talk) 15:15, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Nutritional Chart

I can't find a nutritional chart any where on the web about Raspberries not even on this </http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/> website. I think every page on a certain food should have a nutritional chart like the wolfberry page. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.60.59.249 (talk) 04:36, 9 February 2007 (UTC).

I'm sure it has some unique health benefits that could me mentioned. cyclosarin 03:44, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Here is an article about red raspberry nutrition and antioxidants[1] and the in-depth nutrient chart for red raspberries from World's Healthiest Foods, a great site with an informative article on raspberries, see links [2]--Paul144 13:15, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

I'm a bit confused about the nutritional chart that shows in 123 grams of raspberries there are 64 kcal. Based off of a quick use of google calculator that would indicate there are 64,000 calories in 123 grams of raspberries, which is a bit over 4 ounces. 32 times an average daily intake of 2000 calories seems a bit off. Am I reading the chart wrong or is my understanding of the numbers incorrect? Zharmad (talk) 21:20, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

The calories typically discussed in nutritional contexts are actually kcals. 128.187.198.199 (talk) 16:12, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

World Capital?

Does anyone know where the world capital of raspberries is?

Whatcom County, Washington State -- produces 60 million pounds per yearly harvest. See also this article[3]--Paul144 13:18, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

Definitely Sumadija region, Serbia. It produces about 173 million pounds per yearly harvest.[4] [5] [6] [7]

There are more raspberries grown in California than anywhere else in the world if you're talking about commercial production. These other places perhaps had more natural wild raspberries..but it's easy to verify that California has ten times the production of raspberries as either of these other places. (Watsonville area--where Driscoll's the largest producer of raspberries in the world is located or the Oxnard plane which is where they grow a lot of their other berries and are now being copied by a significant amount of independent producers with inferior varieties. I know wikipedia editors don't like it but Driscoll's absolutely revolutionized the commercial production of blackberries, raspberries, strawberries and blueberries and is the largest producer of all of them.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.109.157.193 (talk) 15:18, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Picture Overkill

Umm.. most of the pics are redundant, of poor quality, or not particularly helpful or unique. I mean, do we really need a picture of raspberries, and then a picture of a wasp and raspberries? 76.22.201.109 06:44, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

In season?

When are raspberries traditionally in season? "Early season" is rather vague. --Eptin (talk) 07:55, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Raspberries are traditionally in season late spring through early summer (late June through late July/early August). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.109.157.193 (talk) 15:20, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Gross Raspberry Bug

There is an insect that lives on raspberries that has a very distinct smell and flavour. I can't find any information about it anywhere. Any help? Shmooisalcap (talk) 07:13, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Does it have an armored back that looks like a shield?

If you're in Florida they have chiggers but you can barely see those and I don't think they smell.

Is this an unusual variety?

We got some planting stocks from a very old person in our church about 20 years ago. They are very vigorous and cover about 30 ft square. The unusual thing is that they have berries for 5 months (late May to late October)in the San Francisco Bay Area. In July, August and Sept, we get a bowl (8" by 3" every 2-3 days), and June and October every 4-5 days. Most people are surprised by this. Is this unusual? Does anyone know the variety? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.107.78.102 (talk) 17:05, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Not to beat a dead horse but it was probably someone who got their hands on Driscoll's plants...Driscoll spends more than any company in the world developing berry plants and their varieties have revolutionized commercial production because they grow outside the normal season (late spring, early summer). This actually just recently happened in the 80's and it has never been covered because journalists (ESPECIALLy the Californian stock) hate big ag companies. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.109.157.193 (talk) 15:24, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

thorns

Not a word is said on how these plants have thorns.

Raspberry Nutritional Content

The current nutritional facts on the page for raspberries is incorrect. The amount of iron in raspberries is much less than what the page indicates. If you go to the USDA nutritional site where information supposedly came from, 100 grams of raspberries only yields .69 mg of iron, and the recommended daily intake for an adult is 18 mg. Thus, raspberries won't yield 40% dv of iron as the wikipedia page claims. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.109.236.37 (talk) 14:31, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Argentina, Brazil and Chile

This fruit is also planted in Argentina, Brazil and Chile. In Brazil this is a rare plant, but in Chile , there's exportation of this fruit.Agre22 (talk) 16:02, 11 November 2009 (UTC)agre22

Merger proposal, merger with species Rubus idaeus

Oppose. The first sentence of this page explains the reason perfectly "The raspberry is the edible fruit of a multitude of plant species in the genus Rubus, most of which are in the subgenus Idaeobatus". This page corresponds more-or-less to the subgenus Idaeobatus, and absolutely not to the single species Rubus idaeus. Nadiatalent (talk) 13:00, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Language links

If you look at the German article it has a lot more language links: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himbeere

I was merging the list when I noticed that none of the languages match (the list on en vs de). Can someone tell me why?