If you like to pick your own raspberries, wait a little after you wake up. The best time to pick ripe raspberries is early in the day, but only after the morning dew is gone, for the simple reason that dry fruit is less perishable than damp fruit. But you don’t want to wait too long, or the midday sun will make the berries warm and squishy. Also, gather your raspberry harvest in wide, shallow containers so that these delicate berries aren’t piled high on each other. Stacking what you pick will create mush in the bottom of your raspberry-picking container!

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