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'''''Rubus occidentalis''''' is a species of ''[[Rubus]]'' native to eastern [[North America]]. The common name '''Black Raspberry''' is shared with the closely related western American species ''[[Rubus leucodermis]]''. Another common name for Rubus occidentalis is a '''Blackcap'''.
'''''Rubus occidentalis''''' is a species of ''[[Rubus]]'' native to eastern [[North America]]. The common name '''Black Raspberry''' is shared with the closely related western American species ''[[Rubus leucodermis]]''. Another common name for Rubus occidentalis is a '''Blackcap'''.
The species has been used in the breeding of many ''Rubus'' [[hybrids]].
The species has been used in the breeding of many ''Rubus'' [[hybrids]].
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Rubus occidentalis, Linn. Common Blackcap. Strong, erect bush, the canes finally recurving and rooting at the tips, furnished with straight spines, glaucous, not bristly; lfts. broadly ovate, dull green above and white beneath, finely and sharply serrate and notched, the petioles usually bearing short prickles: fls. in small, dense, prickly clusters with sometimes a few scattering pedicels, the petals shorter than the long-pointed whitish woolly sepals: fr. rather small, hemispherical, firm or even hard, black or occasionally amber-white, dry and sweet. Plentiful in fields and clearings in the northeastern states and Canada to Ore. and Brit. Col. and southward to Ga. in the mountains, and to Mo.—In cult. known in many forms, as Ohio, Gregg, etc. Var. pallidus, Bailey, has amber-yellow fr.; sometimes found in the wild.
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==Cultivation==
===Propagation===
===Pests and diseases===
==Varieties==
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Image:Raspberry (black).jpg|Black Raspberry - watercolor 1893
Image:Raspberry (black).jpg|Black Raspberry - watercolor 1893
Image:Black raspberry.jpg|Black Raspberry
Image:Black raspberry.jpg|Black Raspberry
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/species/frame/ruoc.htm ''Rubus occidentalis'' images at bioimages.vanderbilt.edu]
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