The common name Salmonberry is thought to have come from the natives' fondness for eating the berries with salmon roe, but it could also be due to the orangy-pink color of the berries. Relationships: Rubus is a large genus with between 400 and 750 species.
Salmonberries are ripe when they release easily. Pick carefully because the fruit is fragile and soft. While you can certainly eat these delicately sweet or sometimes tart berries straight from the cane, they have great visual value when mixed with other berries in pies and tarts.
They are in the same family as non-native pest Himalayan blackberry and make a great substitute when you want to remove the invasive blackberry. Salmonberries are an important food source for local wildlife because they are one of the first berries to ripen in the summer.. . . . .364011235485!]0000000000000009783314146934!]
