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Please help identify odd raspberry

18 years ago

I live in central West Virginia. There is a type of raspberry growing wild here that is unlike any cultivated variety I have ever seen. The fruit are orange, not yellow, and are enclosed in a husk. When they are nearly ripe, the husk splits open. The fruit is definitely a raspberry. The center is hollow and the new canes have the powdery coating on them. One of my cousins found a patch this past summer growing on a stretch of land he was timbering. I've picked them before in other parts of the state, but the brambles weren't nearly as productive as this patch is. Are these just a wild mutation or are they a specific variety of raspberry? I've looked up salmon berry and thimble berry, but the fruit is totally different than what I've got here. I'm planning on transplanting at least 24 of these to the house I'm moving to. I'm just curious as to the name. Everyone around here calls them "husk raspberries". Could that possibly be the correct name?

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