Rubus idaeus strigosus

Botanical Description

Rubus idaeus strigosus is a deciduous shrub, producing each year a cluster of erect, usually unarmed, biennial stems from a woody rootstock; the stems can grow 50 - 250cm tall[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. The stems only produce leaves, and do not flower, in their first year of growth; forming flowering branches in their second year and then dying after fruiting The Americam Raspberry is commonly grown as a fruit crop, especially in N. America, and is also often involved in the parentage of various raspberry cultivars[ 119 Title Cultivated Fruits of Britain. Publication Author Roach. F. A. Publisher Oxford University Press Year 1985 ISBN Description , 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ].