Raspberries with white drupelets

[Jodie]

Any fruit experts here?

I bought a pint of local raspberries, and a number of them have a few (maybe 4-8) white drupelets clustered at the top. There is no mold on them, but rather a complete absence of colour in a few of the drupelets on otherwise very ripe berries.

Any idea as to what causes this and whether it is okay to eat the white parts? I've been picking off the white parts, mostly because they seem to be rather hard.

 

[Jodie]

Found my own answer. Isn't the internet wonderful?!

Question: My red raspberries have white spots on the berries, most often on the top berries on the canes. They are growing in a plot that gets all-day sun. The plants look healthy - just the sun-sides of some fruits are affected. Is this a sun scald?

Answer: This condition is called "white drupelet disorder." In full sun and during temperatures in the 80-90s, ripening raspberries fail to develop pigment in some of the drupelets (the smaller sections of a raspberry).

The result is some white drupelets that look bleached. Affected raspberries are edible but do not look quite as nice.

You can try putting up shade cloth on poles about a month before harvest time, or plant a small tree to provide afternoon shade; raspberry plants do well in partial sun.


Or, there's always the "Raspberry Diagnostic Tool," LOL!!

http://www.hort.cornell.edu/department/faculty/pritts/BerryDoc/raspberry/raspeberryparts.htm

 

[TheGuy]

Oh well

I just eat them white spots and all!

Oh nice ass jodie!

 

[trackstar]

Poor raspberries. You should make them little red raspberry wigs so their friends don't tease them

 

[Bartdude]

STOP ANTI-WHITE DRUPELET BIGOTRY NOW

 

[jim]

At least it's not aphid cum!

 

[Violet]

LOL!!!

In reality though, yes it is fine to eat them, this happens a lot. Those parts of the berries were probably just not getting any sun so don't have any colour.


EDIT: oops guess I didn't read your own answer before replying, nevermind. But the following posts were very amusing

 

[Ironhead]

OOHH Okay!!!!

This is toooo easy!

Can I suck on your sweet raspberries!!!!

My what nice raspberries you have Jodie.

Does your pussy taste like raspberry?

Can I cover you in raspberry juice?

HHHHMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!

 

[Bartdude]

Won't somebody please think of the poor little drupelets?