Blueberries

Blueberries

Blueberries are deciduous shrubs of the Rhododendron family and the Vaccinium genus, with green twigs that are angular or cylindrical in shape and usually have rows of soft hairs; The leaves are nearly leathery, ovate to elliptical in shape, with a sharp apex and a cherry shaped to nearly circular base. The edges are serrated to entire, dark green, and hairless above and hairy below; The inflorescence grows on the branches of the previous year, with green flowers and no hair; Corolla white to pink, nearly cylindrical; The filaments usually have soft hairs. Berry spherical, dark blue, hairless, covered in white powder; The flowering period is from June to July; The fruiting period is from August to September. The name blueberries comes from the literal translation of the English word 'blueberry', which means blue berry.
A pot of blueberries

A pot of blueberries

Blueberries are deciduous shrubs of the Rhododendron family and the Vaccinium genus, with green twigs that are angular or cylindrical in shape and usually have rows of soft hairs; The leaves are nearly leathery, ovate to elliptical in shape, with a sharp apex and a cherry shaped to nearly circular base. The edges are serrated to entire, dark green, and hairless above and hairy below; The inflorescence grows on the branches of the previous year, with green flowers and no hair; Corolla white to pink, nearly cylindrical; The filaments usually have soft hairs. Berry spherical, dark blue, hairless, covered in white powder; The flowering period is from June to July; The fruiting period is from August to September. The name blueberries comes from the literal translation of the English word 'blueberry', which means blue berry.
blackberry

blackberry

Blackberry, a deciduous creeping shrub of the Rosaceae family, belonging to the genus Rubus. The branches of blackberries are arched or climbing, and they often take root at the point of contact with the ground; Small leaves are broadly elliptical in shape, with rounded and blunt tips, and wide wedge-shaped or nearly circular bases. The leaf margins have coarse serrations; Small leaves have short stalks; Terminal inflorescence; Petals white, pink or red, anthers purple; Aggregate fruit nearly spherical, black or dark purple red, hairless; Blackberry flowering period from May to June; The fruiting period is from July to August. The name "blackberry" no longer has a clear origin, but it was first recorded in "Bencao Tongxuan": "Raspberry, sweet and smooth, enters the kidneys, promotes impotence, solidifies essence and absorbs drowning." Raspberry refers to blackberry.