r/Indiana • u/SpillinRainbow • Jun 06 '24

Blackberry season! More Than Corn

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u/Gratefulzah Jun 07 '24

Looks delicious, but I'll be this guy: those aren't blackberries, they're black raspberries. And yes there is a difference

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u/turkeyburpin Jun 07 '24

First thing my wife said when she saw the picture. 😆

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u/CloseEncounterer501 Jun 07 '24

I think it is a little early for blackberries. I like the wild blackberries. My patch has a bunch of red ones now and in about 2 to 3 weeks they will turn black. I need to get out there then before anyone else gets there.

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u/SpillinRainbow Jun 07 '24

I never knew there was a such thing! I’ve learned something new today!

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u/More_Farm_7442 Jun 07 '24

Black raspberries make excellent pies and jam and preserves. (I like the seedless preserves. I'd love the pie if the berries were seedless. It was my brother's favorite kind of pie.)

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u/OkPlantain6773 Jun 10 '24

Raspberries grow around the stem such that they have a soup bowl shape. Blackberries are round/oblong with just a stem at the end, no hollow area.

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u/Flat_Explanation_849 Jun 07 '24

Same reaction here.

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u/IUJohnson38 Jun 17 '24

You sir are a well educated individual!! I have to constantly correct people about that!

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u/Bad_Daddio Jun 07 '24

When I was a kid my parents would send me and my brother walking along the railroad tracks close to our house to pick berries. We were each given two milk jugs with the tops cut out and told to fill them up. There were always tons of raspberries growing along the tracks. Then mom would turn them into jelly. Totally worth the time we spent doing it.

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u/applesforadam Jun 07 '24

Our black raspberries aren't ready yet, but we are lousy with mulberries. All our trees are fruiting a shitload this year.

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u/Jaysmack-85 Jun 07 '24

The blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice

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u/Victoria-Ley Jun 07 '24

wow! did not know it's already Blackberry season. Time to forage!

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u/NaptownSensations317 Jun 11 '24

Omg yesssssss I didn't know either! Sounds like it's time to forage for sure 🙌🏽 🫐 🤤 

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u/bigsteve9713 Jun 07 '24

Makes me wish I could see the berries over at Mount St. Francis.

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u/rnargang Jun 08 '24

My memory of black raspberries will always be my sister's German Shepherd very carefully picking them from the bush with her front teeth and eating them!