| 词汇 | fanny heath raspberry |
| 词源 | Fanny Heath raspberry; Lloyd George raspberry. Raspber- ries have not been cultivated for nearly as long as apples, peaches, and pears. Called a brambleberry and considered a nuisance in England, it was not until about 1830 that the deli- cate, delicious fruit began to be developed in America. The Fanny Heath variety is a tribute to a determined pioneer woman who immigrated to North Dakota in 1881. This young bride had been told that she could never grow anything on the bar- ren alkaline soil surrounding her house, but 40 years later her homestead was an Eden of flowers, fruits, and vegetables. After her death in 1931, the black raspberry she developed was named in her honor. A red raspberry variety honoring a fa- mous person is the Lloyd George, named after British prime minister David Lloyd George (1863–1945), who led Britain to victory in World War I and dominated British politics in the first quarter of this century. |
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