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Default Can anyone identify these berries

On Jul 26, 3:38 pm, "Ffred Clegg" >
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> "stephen sauchinitz" > wrote in message
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> ...> I'm trying to find out what these berries are called. They are hollow
> > resembling a type of raspberry but much more tart. The leaves are more
> > rounded instead of the pointed leaf. There growing wild along an edge of a
> > field. And the stalks do have some stickers on the shoots. My friend has
> > them along his property line and he calls them Service berries but I'm
> > sure
> > there not. Their very brittle and fall apart as you pick them.

>
> look like wineberries to me from the shape of the leaves and the stems
>
> cheers
>
> Ffred


Are the berries red to deep maroon when ripe? Do the stalks have red
fine prickers and a few big ones?
And are the stalk and berries sticky alittle?
If yes to these questions, they are Japanese Raspberries. I have a row
of them..They have another name but i forgot it.
Hope this helps.

Dave Whitney

 
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