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["Hal Love" <lovehd@comcast.net>]

I have grown 'Jewell' black raspberry, 'Royalty' purple raspberry and some other red/gold raspberries. I am having so many disease problems that I am taking them out next spring. The 'Jewell' has been most severely affected. The floricanes usually are almost completely defoliated by the time the fruit begins to ripen. The fruit has been ok, but the production is low and the plants are declining. I am replacing them with a wild black raspberry I found last summer that was very vigorous, healthy and productive, with slightly smaller fruit than 'Jewell'.

 

The 'Royalty' has been the most productive. However, stinkbugs ruin about 20% of the fruit, but you only know it after you taste one. The gold raspberries have produced the best fruit, but not very many. Their main advantage is that birds mostly leave them alone.

 

Hal

 

zn6b TN

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: ethan roland

To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org

Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 9:49 PM

Subject: Re: [NAFEX] black and purple raspberries

I'd like to second Bob's request for black/purple raspberry info - what varieties have you all grown, and where?

 

Which varieties have you found to be the most disease resistant?

... the most cold-hardy?

... the most consistently productive?

... the most delicious?

 

Thanks!

 

Ethan