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The Raspberry

The Raspberry is very nearly related to the blackberry, a similar variety of the genus Rubus, having, again, subvarieties in black and red raspberries and the wild cloudberry and thimbleberry (the latter black in colour.) The fragrance and flavour of the red raspberry are rarely aromatic and delicate, but its seeds and coat are harsher than those of the blackberry. From this inherent roughness came its name: from the English "rasp." It is placed with the strawberry as to value in liver and gouty troubles. Syrup of Raspberries in various forms is considered very refreshing and purifying and, the seeds being removed in these preparations, the fruit is perhaps more wholesome than in other forms as well as being quite as attractive.