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GROWING OR HEO/Ex:3 . 4C49 1310 c. 3SMALL ;trik, Bernadine C. 1962FRUITS Rapberrv cijitivars for AUG09 9$9IJre9orSTATE LIBRARYRASPBERRY CULTIVARSFOR OREGONB.C. STRIKThere are two types of red raspberry:summer-bearing and fall-bearing. Summer-bearing types have biennial canes they growone year (primocane), and produce fruit thefollowing year (Jioricane). Floricanes die afterthey have fruited.In fall-bearing types, the primocanesproduce a fall crop on the top portion of thecane. The following summer, the remainingportion of the cane produces fruit; the floricanethen dies. Fall-bearing cultivars (varieties) canbe grown for both a summer and a fall crop.However, if you want a large crop of goodquality fruit in both the summer and fall,plant both a summer-bearing and afall-bearing cultivar.If you're a home gardener, see EC 1306 formore information. If you're a commercialgrower, see PNW 176.This publication lists and briefly describesraspberry (Rubus sp.) cultivars. Cultivars differin fruit characteristics, time of ripening, plantgrowth habit, tolerance to various pests, andharvest suitability (home garden production,commercial production, or machine harvest).The descriptions given are brief and areintended to serve only as a guide in choosing acultivar that's appropriate for your needs; theperformance of a cultivar often varies withlocation.Because we intend this publication for boththe home gardener and the commercialgrower, it includes information about how well(OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY4) EXTENSION SERVICEeach cultivar is suited for mechanical harvest.If you're a home gardener, feel free to skip theinformation about mechanical harvest.Commercial growers should check withtheir county office of the OSU ExtensionService and their processor before purchasingcultivars for commercial production.SUMMER-BEARINGCULTIVARSCanby Fruit is medium to large, bright redand moderately firm; suitable for homefreezing and canning; berries lack firmnessrequired for a commercial processed product;very susceptible to root rot. Fruit shakes offeasily for machine harvest, but fruit may be toosoft for a good harvested product.Chilcotin, Fruit is large, bright red, fairlyfirm; suitable for fresh market and processing;long harvest season; more productive thanWillamette; susceptible to root rot. May besuitable for mechanical harvest although fruitsometimes doesn't detach readily, and lateralsmay break.Chilliwack. Fruit is large, bright red, firm,good to excellent flavor; good for fresh marketand processing; fruit has considerableresistance to postharvest fruit rot; vigorouscanes, nearly spine-free; good hardiness;productivity about equal to Willamette; someroot rot resistance. Well suited for machineharvest.Comox. Fruit is large, medium red,moderately firm, acceptable flavor; good forfresh market and processing; fruit hasEC 1310/June 1989considerable resistance to postharvest fruit rot;more productive than Willamette; highlysusceptible to root rot. May not be as suitableas some other commercial cultivars formachine harvest.Haida. Fruit is medium-sized, medium red,firm, good flavor; suitable for freezing, fair forcanning and preserves; ripens a few days laterthan Willamette and is more productive insome areas; hardier than Willamette; someroot rot resistance. Unpredictable results formachine harvest.Meeker. Fruit is medium to large, mediumto dark red, firm, good flavor; suitable forfreezing, canning, and preserves; later ripeningand higher yielding than Willamette; lesssusceptible to root rot than Willamette; moresusceptible to winter injury than Sumner orThere are two names for araspberry cane, depending onwhether the cane is in its first year ofgrowth or second.Primocanes: first year of growth; onlyfall-fruiting raspberries produce fruit onprimocanes in the fall.Floricanes: second year of growth; theseproduce fruit on branches. Bothsummer-bearing and fall-bearingraspberries produce fruit on floricanes.Bernadine C. Strik, Extension horticulturespecialist, Oregon State UniversityWillamette. Suitable for machine harvestalthough long laterals may break.Newburgh. Fruit is large, light red in colorand medium firm; not acceptable forcommercial production but good for homegarden use; resistant to root rot.Nootka. Fruit is medium-sized, medium redand moderately firm; suitable for processing;longer harvest season than Willamette; moreproductive and more winter-hardy thanWillamette; susceptible to root rot. Fruit shakesoff easily for mechanical harvest.Skeena. Fruit is medium to large, brightred, firm, good flavor; suitable for freshmarket, freezing, canning, and preserves;longer harvest season than Willamette; moreproductive than and as winter-hardy asWillamette; highly susceptible to root rot; canesnearly spine-free. Plant growth habit, such asstrong fruit laterals, make it suitable formechanical harvest, but fruit does not detachas easily as some other commercial cultivars.Sumner. Fruit is medium-sized, mediumred, firm, sweet, intense flavor; suitable forfreezing, preserves, and canning; harvest timesimilar to Meeker; most tolerant variety forheavy, poorly drained soils and hardier thanMeeker or Willamette. Fruit doesnt detach orshake off easily, so it's not suitable for machineharvest.Willamette. Fruit is large, dark red, fairlyfirm, lacks intense raspberry flavor; well suitedfor canning, slightly dark for freezing andWhat if you find a cultivar that'snot on this list?Find out some of the plant growth andfruit characteristics:Is it a summer-bearing orfall-bearing type?Does the nursery's descriptionindicate that it's susceptible to anydiseases, such as root rot or viruses?What's the fruit like?Is it machine-harvestable (commer-cial growers)?Remember: If you purchase a cultivarthat's not on this list, it probably hasn'tbeen extensively tested in Oregon. It'sbest to try a few plants first; see if theygrow well and if you like the fruit.preserves; ripens early; susceptible to root rotand doesn't produce well in heavy soils.Suitable for machine harvest.FALL-FRUITINGCULTIVARSAmity Ripens up to 1 week earlier thanHeritage and fruits for a month or until frost;fruit is medium-sized, medium-dark red, veryfirm, good flavor; good quality for freezing,preserves, processing, fresh market, andshipping; canes can be vigorous and benefitfrom trellis support; canes are almostspine-free; susceptibility to root rot equal toMeeker, but less than Canby Fruit doesn'tdetach easily at optimum maturity, so it's notadapted for machine harvest.Augustred. Early; ripens end of July or firstweek in August; fruit is medium, bright, lightred, soft, good flavor; plants are hardy, short,stocky, and self-supporting. Suitable for homegarden.Faligold. Ripens 10 days prior to Heritage;fruit is yellow, moderately firm, very goodflavor; fruit is softer and productivity less thanHeritage; plants are very hardy Not adapted formachine harvest.Falired. Ripens about 2 weeks earlier thanHeritage; fruit is small, red, fairly firm, goodflavor; plants are vigorous, productive, andrequire support. Not adapted for machineharvest.Heritage. Moderate summer crop with amuch larger fall crop; ripens in late August toearly September; fruit is medium, red, veryfirm, attractive, of very good flavor; excellentquality for freezing, canning, and preserves;plants are vigorous sturdy canes require nosupport; hardy Not adapted for machineharvest.Indian Summer. Fruit is red, veryaromatic, crumbles frequently good flavor;suitable for jam; moderately productive,vigorous. For home garden use.Redwing. Ripens 2 weeks earlier thanHeritage; fruit is medium, red, firm, goodflavor; suitable for freezing, canning, andpreserves; productivity equal to or slightly lessthan Heritage; summer crop is small; vigorouscanes benefit from support. Not adapted formachine harvest.September. Fruit is medium, bright red,firm, attractive, good quality; summer crop isearly, but not equal in quality to fall crop orsummer-bearing cultivars. Suitable for homegardens.Summit. Matures about 10 days earlierthan Heritage; fruit is similar in size andfirmness to, but slightly darker than, Heritage.FOR FURThER READINGThese publications are available fromAgricultural Communications, PublicationsOrders, Administrative Services Bldg. 422,Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR97331-2 119. Please add 25 shipping andhandling for orders up to $2.50. For ordersbetween $2.50 and $100, add 15% shippingand handling. For orders of $100 or more,please call (503) 754-2513 for a price quote.EC 1303, Gmwing Raspberries in Your HomeGarden, by Bernadine C. Strik, OregonState University Extension Servicepublication (Corvallis, 1989). 75PNW 176, Commercial Red RaspberryProduction, William P.A. Sheer, editor,Pacific Northwest Extension publication(Washington State University, Pullman,1982). $1.00Trade-name cultivars are listed as illustrations only The OSIJ Extension Service does not endorse any listed cultivar orintend any discrimination against others not listed.Extension Service, Oregon State University Corvallis, O.E. Smith, director. This publication was produced anddistributed in furtherance of the Acts of Congress of May 8 andJune 30, 1914. Extension work is a cooperative programof Oregon State University, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Oregon counties.Oregon State University Extension Service offers educational programs, activities, and materialsuithout regard torace, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability as required by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX ofthe Education Amendments of 1972, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Oregon State UniversityExtension Service is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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