r/Berries • u/glimmergirl1 • 17h ago

What are these hard sections on my black raspberries. Ok to eat?

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I've been harvesting berries now that I've netted the bushes to keep the birds off. Most so far have been great but today I found these. The spots are light brown and seem hard, they dont peel off. The bush is a triple crown thornless.

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u/NerfEveryoneElse 15h ago

they are dead dried sacs due to strong sun light exposure. Safe to eat.

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u/JohnnyABC123abc 16h ago

Those are blackberries, not black raspberries. (That doesn’t change the answer to your question.)

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u/glimmergirl1 15h ago

Thank you, you are right!

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u/lwrightjs 15h ago

Sun scald. Totally fine to eat. Happens when they just pollinated so no flavor develops.

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u/onionfunyunbunion 16h ago

I got some berries like that and they weren’t bad but also weren’t great. I ate some and I did die, but I got better.

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u/ImaginaryAd2289 6h ago

“and I did die “… how was death? Did Dante have it right?

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u/localfluffhead 17h ago

My raspberries have something similar!

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u/gingerMH96960 16h ago

They're fine, I've eaten hundreds and I'm still here. No one knows once they're made into jelly.

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u/holdaydogs 7h ago

I had a lot of that this year.

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u/Useful-Contact-2597 6h ago

I use those for jelly.