1. Oh Ida, how red your blood.
Raspberries, Greek mythology has it, were once white. Then along came Zeus’ nursemaid, Ida, who pricked her finger on a thorn and stained them red. According to one source, Rubus idaeus, its botanical name, means ‘bramble bush of Ida’. Actually, ‘rubus‘ mean red in Latin and Ida was the name of the mountain in Phrygia upon which it grew. In fact, the fruit is white before ripening, but white raspberries also occur from time to time due to a recessive gene that suppresses the production of anthocyanins.
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