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scribed the honey as of golden color and good flavor. He further cited the 

 fact that rape blooms about the middle of August, when there is little else, 

 as a great advantage in cultivating it for its honey. 



The few references to it in our literature indicate that it may be of 

 more value to the beekeeper than is generally recognized. 



RAPHANUS, see Radish. 



RASPBERRY (Rubus). Also called THIMBLEBERRY. 



The wild raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) is a very common plant in 

 the woods of the Northeastern States. Mohr gives its natural range as 

 New England to Quebec and Ontario, Minnesota, Nebraska, Colorado and 

 Oregon, south to Ohio and West Virginia, and along the mountains to 

 Georgia. 



Fig. 117. Wild raspberry grows in great abundance in Ontario and other northern regions. 



