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Raspberry & Caneberry VARIETIES 2008

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Raspberry Varieties

 

Autumn Bliss:

Everbearing, large to medium to dark red berries with a pleasant, mild flavor.

Erect canes can grow with little to no support and bear high yield crops.  Ripens

in early fall, bridging the gap between late summer and fall ripening varieties.

Fall Gold:

Everbearing, large to very large conical golden berry. Extremely sweet.

Excellent for fresh eating and processing. Haws vigorous and prodcu5ive canes.

First crop ripens in July and second crop from late August until first hard frost.

Meeker:

Summerbearing, large thimble shaped firm deep, rich red fruit with high sugar

content and superior flavor. Excellent home garden variety for fresh eating,

freezing, and canning. Very productive with a long harvest season in June and July.

Developed at Washington State University.

Willamette:

Summerbearing, large to very large fruit. Very firm cone-like fruit is deep dark red

when ripe. Lower sugar content with a rich and slightly tart taste. Outstanding

disease resistance. Requires good drainage. Ripens in June.

Trailing Blackberry Varieties

Boysenberry:

Berries are reddish, large, soft, sweet-tart and have a delightful aroma. Popular

for high yield and flavor - eaten fresh, cooked, or frozen. Vigorous trailer, fruit

borne on previous years' growth.

Marionberry:

Medium to large, medium firm, sweet, bright shiny black berries. Faint wild

blackberry flavor. Excellent quality for fresh eating. Particularly recommended

for desserts. Vigorous thorny plants with slightly. upright strong canes. Ripens in August.

Sylvanberry:

A boysenberry x marionberry cross. Large, shiny black fruit. Mild very sweet flavor.

Very high quality fruit similar to marionberry. Vigorous highly productive, thorny,

trailing vines. Disease and rot resistant.

Tayberry:

Loganberry\ Black Raspberry cross with large, medium red, soft fruit with

an astringent flavor when fresh. Ripens early. Excellent for preserves

and pies. Very strong and vigorous.


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