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Rubus idaeus, Linn. European Raspberry. An erect, mostly stiff grower, prop. by suckers, the canes light-colored and bearing nearly straight slender prickles: lfts. ovate, white beneath, irregularly toothed and notched, usually somewhat plicate or wrinkled: fl.-clusters mostly long and interrupted, most of the peduncles dividing into 2 or 3 pedicels, the pedicels, as also the flowering shoots, petioles, and midribs, finely pubes cent, but not glandular, and sparsely furnished with firm recurved prickles: fls. small, white; calyx pubescent: fr. oblong or conical, dark red, yellow or whitish, produced more or less continuously throughout the season. Eu. and Asia.—Named for Mt. Ida, in Greece. Early intro. into this country, but now nearly driven from cult. by the hardier native species. The Antwerps, Fontenay, and Fastolf belong here. Rubus idaeus is not known to be native to N. Amer., but it is said to be sparingly escaped from cult.
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The '''Raspberry''' or '''Red Raspberry''' (''Rubus idaeus'') is a [[plant]] that produces a [[tart]], sweet, red composite [[fruit]] in summer or early autumn. In proper [[botany|botanical]] language, it is not a [[berry]] at all, but instead an [[Fruit#Aggregate fruit|aggregate fruit]] of numerous [[drupe]]lets around a central core. In raspberry and other species of the subgenus ''Idaeobatus'', the drupelets separate from the core when picked, leaving a hollow fruit, whereas in [[blackberry]] the drupelets stay attached to the core.
The '''Raspberry''' or '''Red Raspberry''' (''Rubus idaeus'') is a [[plant]] that produces a [[tart]], sweet, red composite [[fruit]] in summer or early autumn. In proper [[botany|botanical]] language, it is not a [[berry]] at all, but instead an [[Fruit#Aggregate fruit|aggregate fruit]] of numerous [[drupe]]lets around a central core. In raspberry and other species of the subgenus ''Idaeobatus'', the drupelets separate from the core when picked, leaving a hollow fruit, whereas in [[blackberry]] the drupelets stay attached to the core.
