I am planning to plant some bramble berries this year and ran across this
statement at Stark Bros: "Red, Gold and Purple Raspberries and Blackberries
should not be planted within 75 to 100 feet of Black Raspberries."
My reply:
A few reasons.
1) Accidental crosses that grow as seedlings. Likely to be less palatable as
within a color group (except oddly the Korean yellows)
2) Red and Gold tend to be hardier than purple and blacks, and tend to have a
shorter lifespan bu they host disease that can spread to the Red and Golds
3) The comment is probably somewhat dates, a long time ago the colors really
were relatively distinct, now the lines are more blurred.
I would suggest you call and ask. A good resource might also Nourse, they
probably have a bit more of modern view of things.
tfb
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[NAFEX] raspberries of the rainbow,
fuwa fuwa usagi, 02/01/2011