Overview
Everbearing raspberries produce 2 crops.
Red Raspberries. Red raspberry cultivars can be divided into two types: summer bearing and fall bearing. Summer-bearing cultivars produce canes that grow one year, then bear fruit the next. Summer bearers produce some fruit on the tips of the current season's canes, but a larger crop is produced on one-year-old canes. Fall-bearing cultivars produce canes that bear large crops on the tips of the current season’s growth in late summer and fall. If not pruned, the canes overwinter and bear a second crop in the spring on the lower portions of the canes.
Summer-bearing red raspberries
- Canby. Berries medium to large, bright red, firm; susceptible to root rot.
- Chilcotin. Berries large, bright red, fairly firm, harvested over a long season; very productive, susceptible to root rot.
- Chilliwack. Berries large, bright red, firm, resistant to fruit rot, excellent flavor; vigorous, spine-free, hardy, some root-rot resistance.
- Comox. Berries large, medium red, firm, resistant to fruit rot, fair flavor; productive but highly susceptible to root rot.
- Haida. Berries medium-sized, medium red, firm, good flavor; some root-rot resistance.
- Meeker. Berries medium to large, medium to dark red, firm, good flavor.
- Newburgh. Berries large, light red, medium firm, resistant to root rot.
- Nootka. Berries medium-sized, medium red, firm; very productive, susceptible to root rot.
- Skeena. Berries medium to large, bright red, firm, good flavor, long harvest season; highly susceptible to root rot; nearly spine-free.
- Sumner. Berries medium-sized, medium red, firm, sweet, excellent flavor; most tolerant cultivar for heavy, poorly drained soils.
- Tulameen. Berries very large, firm, late, good flavor; high-yielding.
- Willamette. Berries large, dark red, fairly firm, mild flavor; susceptible to root rot; primocanes produce a late-fall crop.
Fall-bearing red raspberries
- Amity. Berries medium-sized, medium dark red, very firm, good flavor; susceptible to root rot, almost spine-free.
- August Red. Early maturing; berries medium-sized, bright red, soft, good flavor; self- supporting plants.
- Autumn Bliss. Early ripening; berries very large, excellent flavor.
- Bababerry. Berries very large, red, soft; good producer, tolerates summer heat.
- Fall Red. Berries small, red, fairly firm, good flavor; vigorous and productive but require support.
- Heritage. Large fall crop ripens in August; berries medium, red, very firm, attractive, mild flavor.
- Indian Summer. Berries red, very aromatic, crumbles frequently, good flavor; productive and vigorous.
- Oregon 1030. Adapted to the hot interior valleys, and is very prolific with large, sweet, and firm fruit.
- Redwing. Ripens 2 weeks earlier than Heritage; berries medium-sized, red, firm, good flavor.
- September. Berries medium-sized, bright red, firm, attractive, good quality.
- Summit. Matures about 10 days earlier than Heritage; berries similar in size and firmness, but slightly darker.
Golden-Yellow Raspberries. These raspberries are simply mutants of red raspberries. Except for fruit color, they have all the characteristics of the red raspberry.
- Fall Gold. Ripens 10 days before Heritage; berries yellow, moderately firm, very good flavor; moderate to poor production; often virus-infested.
- Golden Harvest. Berries similar to Heritage in size, season, and sweetness.
- Honey Queen. Summer-bearing; berries medium-sized, sweet; good-yielding.
Black Raspberries (Black Caps). Black cap raspberries produce fruit on arched or trailing canes. New canes are not produced from old roots; instead, they develop from the base of old canes.
- Bristol. Berries medium-sized, firm, good flavor.
- Cumberland. Berries small, firm, good flavor.
- Munger. Ripens in July; Berries small, blue-black, firm, good flavor; intolerant of wet soils.
Purple Raspberries. Purple raspberries are hybrids of red and black raspberries. Their growth habit is similar to that of blackberries. The berries are excellent for pies because of their distinctive flavor.
- Royalty. Summer-bearing; highly productive; berries very large, soft, and sweet when fully ripe; suckers produced from roots like red raspberries.
- Brandywine. Summer-bearing; berries large, round, reddish-purple, very tart berries
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