Word Count 100

                                                      

An unpleasant task of my youth was picking raspberries in our backyard.  Raspberries are the least tasty of Oregon’s big three, the others being blackberries and strawberries.  Raspberries are also soft, easily squashed and have unpleasant texture.  At times I imagined cutting the roots as a way to avoid picking them.  Blackberries and marionberries (a kind of blackberry) are pleasures that can be picked while standing up and grow wild, so one need not grow them yourself or pay for u-pick.  Oregon strawberries are the best tasting strawberries, but they must be bought or paid for by back breaking u-pick.

Appears in A Story In 101 Words. This is a tribute to Oregon’s tasty agricultural product.