I FIND deep satisfaction in plucking a raspberry from the plant. That hollow core reminds me that raspberries are actually clusters of drupelets, rather than berries. Each individual bobble is itself a fruit—a seed within each—with fine threads holding them together as a hollow ‘berry’. In coming away from the core intact, the ‘berry’ will catch plenty of cream in Eton mess or cranachan. These things matter.
A summer of extended heat and little water meant an erratic summer harvest but one that improved as autumn arrived.
