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AUTUMN RASPBERRY GOLD LOVES COLD

My autumn Raspberry 'All Gold', described earlier, has come into fullness this week.

Although I've been getting Raspberries for over 2 months, they are much better now. They are firmer, they stand better, free of molds, and taste good. The colder weather is doing them good.

A month ago I was waiting for the calyx (i.e. the leafy appendiges beneath the fruit) to curl back to indicate the fruit was ripe and good to eat. The space between ripeness and decay was quite short. I've had very few in recent weeks. But I had noticed that there were many green fruit yet to ripen.

Well now they are swelling to become fat jucy fruits that remain good on the branch, but eventually, they are just too big and good not to be picked.

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