By Richard Nordquist. Definition: The use of one object or action (a symbol) to represent or suggest something else. Broadly, the term symbolism may refer to symbolic meaning or the practice of investing things with a symbolic meaning. See also: 1  Metaphor.
Cultivated raspberries are classified as red, black, purple, or yellow. 1  Red raspberries are by far the most common type grown in the United States. 2  Purple raspberries are fairly disease- and insect-resistant, and show some promise for the mountain and piedmont regions of North Carolina. more information...
There are two categories of Raspberries, the common raspberry, which ripens in early to midsummer, and the so called everbearing Raspberry. Unlike everbearing Strawberries which produce fruit continuously over the summer, the everbearing Raspberry produces an early-summer crop on the previous season's growth. and a fall crop on the current season's growth.