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In this strange year, I've been picking my Autumn fruiting raspberries
since the end of July.

I noticed this week that some of the fruits as they develop from green
to red ready for picking have some of the bobbles (seeds?) on the berry turning white, not red, and they remain like that when the berry is
otherwise ready for picking. It is only occurring on a few canes at the
moment and only one berry per group.

Quick search on the internet failed to reveal any thing, so does anyone
know, a) the cause, b) if there is a cure, c) will it spread, and d) are
they safe to eat?

Many thanks.
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On 14/08/2026 20:06, Polly@golly wrote:

In this strange year, I've been picking my Autumn fruiting raspberries
since the end of July.

I noticed this week that some of the fruits as they develop from green
to red ready for picking have some of the bobbles (seeds?) on the berry turning white, not red, and they remain like that when the berry is otherwise ready for picking. It is only occurring on a few canes at the moment and only one berry per group.

Quick search on the internet failed to reveal any thing, so does anyone know, a) the cause, b) if there is a cure, c) will it spread, and d) are they safe to eat?

I recall in my youth we had ones like that. we ate em and am still alive...

Many thanks.

--
I would rather have questions that cannot be answered...
...than to have answers that cannot be questioned

Richard Feynman



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On 14/08/2026 20:06, Polly@golly wrote:

In this strange year, I've been picking my Autumn fruiting raspberries
since the end of July.

I noticed this week that some of the fruits as they develop from green
to red ready for picking have some of the bobbles (seeds?) on the berry turning white, not red, and they remain like that when the berry is otherwise ready for picking. It is only occurring on a few canes at the moment and only one berry per group.

I wonder if they might be a partial cross with Autumn Bliss which is a
yellow raspberry>

Quick search on the internet failed to reveal any thing, so does anyone know, a) the cause, b) if there is a cure, c) will it spread, and d) are they safe to eat?

I think they are certainly safe to eat.

David
--
David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK


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On 2026-08-14, Polly@golly <pwllgloyw@gmail.com> wrote:

In this strange year, I've been picking my Autumn fruiting raspberries
since the end of July.

I noticed this week that some of the fruits as they develop from green
to red ready for picking have some of the bobbles (seeds?) on the berry turning white, not red, and they remain like that when the berry is otherwise ready for picking. It is only occurring on a few canes at the moment and only one berry per group.

Quick search on the internet failed to reveal any thing, so does anyone know, a) the cause, b) if there is a cure, c) will it spread, and d) are they safe to eat?

My Rasps have been ok, but a friend says this has happenned to him also.
It has happenned to one or two of my loganberry fruit.

Could it just be some form of heat stress?
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On 14/08/2026 22:06, Jim Jackson wrote:

On 2026-08-14, Polly@golly <pwllgloyw@gmail.com> wrote:

In this strange year, I've been picking my Autumn fruiting raspberries
since the end of July.

I noticed this week that some of the fruits as they develop from green
to red ready for picking have some of the bobbles (seeds?) on the berry
turning white, not red, and they remain like that when the berry is
otherwise ready for picking. It is only occurring on a few canes at the
moment and only one berry per group.

Quick search on the internet failed to reveal any thing, so does anyone
know, a) the cause, b) if there is a cure, c) will it spread, and d) are
they safe to eat?

My Rasps have been ok, but a friend says this has happenned to him also.
It has happenned to one or two of my loganberry fruit.

Could it just be some form of heat stress?

Having been out blackberry picking on the hills yesterday I noticed a
similar situation, although the bits were just pinky not white, and
wondered about the heat/dry weather being the cause. Certainly it seems
to be spreading a bit more on the raspberries, so I gave then a water
last night!
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