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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Peter Maguire on July 06, 2012, 04:36:48 PM

Title: Orange Fruit
Post by: Peter Maguire on July 06, 2012, 04:36:48 PM

Does anyone have any idea about this.
Seen last weekend at Cragside in Northumberland - in the wild garden near the stream. Several fruits on bushy growth at about 2ft/0.7m high which I would normally take to be raspberries (Rubus idaeus), but I've never seen them this colour before, normally the wild ones I've seen go from green and inedible to red and delicious.  ;)
Could it conceivably be a garden escape?

Title: Re: Orange Fruit
Post by: ronm on July 06, 2012, 04:46:03 PM

I would say almost certainly Peter. There are numerous orange fruited raspberry varieties on the market. Most are delicious ;D

Title: Re: Orange Fruit
Post by: Roma on July 06, 2012, 08:40:39 PM

There are yellow flowered wild raspberries near where I live but I don't think they are ripe yet.

Title: Re: Orange Fruit
Post by: Lesley Cox on July 07, 2012, 01:56:10 AM

It does look very edible Peter. Could you try it and report back?

Title: Re: Orange Fruit
Post by: Peter Maguire on July 07, 2012, 09:59:24 AM

It's a long way to go for three raspberries Lesley, probably a 40 mile round trip.  :o
As much as I like raspberries.........