Environ. Horticulture, Pears, Cherries, and Viticulture
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Environ. Horticulture, Pears, Cherries, and Viticulture

Not a Raspberry, So What is It

Out for a run in Bellingham last week to maintain my strength for the rigors of the CA berry industry when I spied a tree sporting raspberry-like fruit like those pictured below (and hence my senses being drawn to it immediately).  I've done some internetting on it, but not quite sure.

Thoughts? Anyone want to take a shot at identifying it?  Family is good, genus or even species would be better.

 

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Posted on Tuesday, August 20, 2024 at 10:30 AM

Comments:

1.
Korean Dogwood

Posted by Eric Gerbrandt on August 21, 2024 at 6:22 AM

2.
That is a Che fruit.

Posted by Elizabeth on August 21, 2024 at 6:36 AM

3.
I believe it's a Mandarin melonberry, also referred to as a Chinese Mulberry.  
Native to the Himalayas, China and Nepal.  
Macular tricuspidata  
Family: Moraceae  
 
Bonnie Dwyer  
Master Gardener Contra Costa County

Posted by Bonnie Dwyer on August 21, 2024 at 9:26 AM

4.
Hi Mark, I think it is in the mulberry family, maybe Maclura!

Posted by Jenny Broome on August 21, 2024 at 9:14 PM

5.
Cornus capitata is what we came up with. Has a cornus type fruit; the evergreen smooth leaves puzzled us; images on google appear to approach C. capitata.

Posted by Penelope Perkins on August 22, 2024 at 6:38 AM

6.
Thank you all for the responses! Wow.  
So I gather that it's in mulberry family, or if not that a dogwood?  
 
What is so striking to me that the fruit look so much like a raspberry, at least from casual inspection and indeed has druplets much like the caneberries as well.  
 
It's worth mentioning that while I myself have next to zero expertise with this plant, obviously there are a lot of people who are!  
Thank you again all for your input - it's a great community here.

Posted by Mark P Bolda on August 22, 2024 at 6:46 AM

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