Editing Rubus occidentalis (section)

== Flowering, fruiting, and harvest ==

White flowers open from April to June on second-year canes, and fruit ripens from June to July.<sup>[[#cite_note-3|[3]]]</sup><sup>[[#cite_note-5|[5]]]</sup> The compound drupe is at picking stage when fully black-purple, at which point the drupelets separate cleanly from the receptacle; fruit picked earlier remains white, red or partially colored.<sup>[[#cite_note-3|[3]]]</sup> In the Ohio trial, Bristol peaked about 21 June, Jewel about a week later, and Mac Black up to about ten days after the early types, extending the season;<sup>[[#cite_note-7|[7]]]</sup> one grower recorded Bristol on 18 June and Jewel on 23 June in his garden, with a picking season of about three to four weeks.<sup>[[#cite_note-8|[8]]]</sup>