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Thread #144997   Message #3354066
Posted By: JohnInKansas
21-May-12 - 09:04 PM
Thread Name: BS: For the green jello fans
Subject: RE: BS: For the green jello fans
"Blue Raspberry" as the name of something isn't really too far fetched.

Most raspberries turn from green to red to purplish as they ripen, but my grandpa had a couple of bushes of a variety that almost completely skipped the red and went pretty much straight to a true blue, and the "squeezins" actually were "just plain blue."

Since the flavor wasn't noticeably different than the red/purple ones, a "blue raspberry flavor" doesn't tell much though.

The "blue" variety grandpa grew might have had a more distinctive flavor when grown in a better - or at least different - climate. Kansas has pretty fair soil, I guess; but the climate isn't necessarily all that wonderful for a lot of plant life that grows more easily "around the corner and down the road a way."

John