Mary Fisher wrote:

"Michael" wrote in message
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Isn't *this* a mouth-watering little morsel? Found it about 12 feet
from my front door a couple of days ago. :-)
What's a salmonberry?

Mary

Rubus spectabilis.
http://images.google.com/images?svnu...&q=salmonberry
http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrol...eet.cfm?ID=253

It's a wild berry - close relative to raspberries and blackberries, but a
tall bush instead of a cane - that grows here on the west coast. Not as
flavourful as its cousins and sometimes a little bitter, but *very* juicy...
it makes a good flavouring (especially combined with rhubarb) for
custard-based pies, among other things. :-)