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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
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