Arctic raspberry
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 From "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (1917-1926)
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The Arctic raspberry, Rubus arcticus, (includes Rubus arcticus ssp. acaulis - (Michx.)) is a species of slow-growing bramble belonging to the rose family. Its dark red fruit is considered as a delicacy. In the Pacific Northwest it is sometimes called the nagoon or nagoonberry, a name which derives from the Tlingit neigóon. Many consider it to be one the tastiest fruits in the world: for instance in Russian its name is the "berry of kings" (княженика). It grows in northern Sweden, Finland, Russia (Siberia) and parts of North America.
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[edit] Description
A small red berry not unlike the sister varieties, with an unusual hardiness to frost and cold weather conditions.
[edit] Distribution
The Arctic raspberry can be found mainly in northern landscapes of Alaska, Canada, Scandinavia and Northern Russia. It grows most often in humid soils.
[edit] Uses
The fruits of the Arctic raspberry are very tasty and, among other uses, make jam and liqueur, or flavour tea. Carl von Linné considered the Arctic raspberry - åkerbär in Swedish - a great delicacy in his Flora Lapponica (1737). Also used in Smirnoff Ice and North, and Lignell & Piispanen's Mesimarjalikööri, and Wine fruict of Arctic RaspBerry (Central Arctic in Adub).
Arctic raspberry is the provincial plant of the Norrbotten province of northern Sweden.
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- Carl von Linné - description (Swedish)
- Berry crops
