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  • From: "Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>
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  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] raspberry fool
  • Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 20:10:54 -0800

Title: Re: [NAFEX] raspberry fool
Raspberries are usually at their best in a bed with lots of organic matter, preferably in the form of a heavy mulch.  That helps in several ways.  First, it keeps the moisture more constant - raspberries are apt to have flavor problems more often if they get water stressed.  Second, and about as important, the organic matter feeds the soil life, which helps the berries a lot.  The best raspberries I ever saw were regularly mulched to six inches deep, or more, with horse bedding, which was mostly sawdust and horse manure.  The patch was like walking on a giant sponge.  Canes were 8 feet tall and the berries were measured in pounds.  They were the best Heritage raspberries I've had, and Heritage is not as high flavored as a lot of other varieties.


From: "Dylan Ford" <dford@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
Reply-To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 22:33:36 -0500
To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [NAFEX] raspberry fool


In my second year in a new garden, I was offered red raspberry suckers by a
friend who was moving, and who raved about her raspberries. I am not very
familiar with red raspberries, and she couldn't provide a varietal name, but
I took a chance. The second year, in spite of droughty conditions the plants
came up strong and provided a reasonable crop of berries, the flavor of
which ranged from insipid to unpleasant. Before I rip these canes out and
start over, could a deficiency of something in the soil be responsible for
the disappointing flavor? Thanks. dylan


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