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i'm sorry but salmonberries and raspberries look exactly the same
Tayberries too.
Tay berries are actually quite long, they don't look like this picture. At least the ones I picked like 20 years ago were.
Yeah, you're right. I googled them after I wrote the comment, they look quite different. They're not common where I'm from, so this picture was the first time I saw them. Wikipedia says they're a cross between raspberries and blackberries, which make me think of boysenberries,which I love, but they are apparently a cross between blackberries and dewberry. I wish tayberries were more common here, I would love to taste them! I do like a nice jam with my cheese.
Salmon berries (at least those I've seen) are usually a bright orange color. They sometimes have part or all red, but generally they're orange.
Oh, and I've never seen a huckleberry that wasn't either bright or pale red.
Edit: also, the huckleberries I've known only grow in individual berries, not clusters.
There are a few varieties of huckleberries that range from light purple to dark blue, almost black. In my neck of the woods (NW USA) you can go up into the mountains in late summer and get lighter colored huckleberries and then in the fall you can get the dark ones on the coast off the evergreen huckleberry bushes. None that I've seen grow in bunches, though the evergreens are more densely packed.
Interestingly enough, both mountain and evergreen huckleberry bushes tend to grow in places where you can find chanterelles, though not necessarily at the same time.
The salmon berries where I live are generally a light red almost pink tone. I've only ever once seen orange ones. They are fuzzier than raspberries though, they don't have much of a sheen to them, and are more fragile/thin skinned.
fair point, i've never even heard of them before so i guess the guide isn't all that accurate.