Talk:Rubus armeniacus

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Origins of R. armeniacus?
My dissertation deals with Himalayan blackberry and I'm not sure if the Botanical Electronic News link gives the whole story of its origins. It is commonly thought to have been introduced to the United States by Luther Burbank, but his own notes on the variety he called "Himalaya Giant" do not match what we know as Himalayan blackberry (it was thornless, for example). The R. armeniacus in the Western United States is genetically identical to that in Germany and New Zealand but I'm not entirely sure where the evidence comes from for its Armenian origins. My citation trail ended at another one of Dr. Weber's works (hmm, I'm at home and don't seem to have the citation in EndNote, but I could find it at my office if anyone actually cares to discuss this with me. It was a book cataloging Rubus in Europe), which is in German and which I have not had time to try to translate, although it did not appear to contain a lot of information to shed light on this.BrambleDragon (talk) 06:04, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Needs a Better Photo On Top
The top photo should be one that the average layperson recognizes. Not some obscure shot of a stem, no leaves, and immature fruit -- that is nearly unrecognizable for those who don't already know the plant. The leaves and ripe berries should be shown. Benefac (talk) 02:25, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
 * That would be good. The difficulty is that the photos of blackberries that are available often have not been and cannot be definitely identified to this species rather than some other common wild blackberry species such as Rubus fruticosus. Sminthopsis84 (talk) 14:12, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

Picture
The Himalayan blackberry, also known as the Armenian blackberry, deserves to have an accurate picture due to its extensive value and use by a large number of people as a food source. It has BLACK berries, and needs to have a picture that represents that. Also, the leaves are its distinguishing feature from other species of blackberry and they must be CLEARLY visible in the picture. TAKK. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.47.211.152 (talk) 06:02, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

Inquiry
The Himalayan Blackberry is known where I live occasionally as "Kudzu of the northwest". Should this be added to the article anywhere? Firestar9990 (talk) 19:39, 4 November 2022 (UTC)

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 * I think the link for citation 9 http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=RUAR9 does not lead to the intended website anymore
 * Ifediaev (talk) 05:21, 12 December 2022 (UTC)

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