Raspberry Varieties
Autumn Britten:
Everbearing, large to medium to bright red berries with firmer fruit than 'Autumn Bliss',
it's sister seedling. Good flavor, consistent producer. Erect canes need support
because of high berry yield. Ripens in early fall, bridging the gap between late summer and fall
(everbearing) ripening varieties.
Fall Gold:
Everbearing, large to very large conical golden
berry. Extremely sweet.
Excellent for fresh eating and processing. Has vigorous and productive 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.
Munger Black:
Small to medium sized fruit are blue-black, firm and sweet with a strong, delicious flavor.
Fruit ripens from mid-June to mid-July. Excellent for fresh eating, preserves and freezing.
Stiff, upright canes, very hardy and disease resistant variety.
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
Thornless Loganberry:
A blackberry x red raspberry cross. Light red large
berries with unique, tart
flavor. Makes excellent wine and pies. Ripens in
June.
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.