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Old 20-06-2008, 05:31 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Nick Maclaren Nick Maclaren is offline
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Default black raspberry?


In article ,
K writes:
| Stewart Robert Hinsley writes
|
| And Japanese wineberries are, fide Wikipedia, tip-rooting raspberries.
| (I had intentionally restricted the scope of my statement, to avoid
| such quibbles.)
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| Thought they were a different species. Do you mean that they're in the
| raspberry side of rubus? Or are they simply a subsp?

It's unclear, certainly from Wikipedia. Given the vague nature of
what a species is among the Rubus, arguing over their exact status
is an activity best left to consenting botanists in private.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.