UW Madison Agrigultural Research Station Raspberry Varieties
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10 years ago
There have been a lot of raspberry questions lately, and I've come across my notes on some of the varieties of raspberries from the UW Madison Ag Research Station (zone 5a). Only some, because I just took notes on what was fruiting at the times I visited. Also, there weren't any berries I disliked!
I take that back. I dislike Heritage because it often doesn't fruit before frost in zone 5a.
In July, the summer-bearing raspberries were fruiting. Boyne and Prelude were earliest, Encore and Lantham the latest, but their fruiting times can overlap.
Boyne - early raspberry, medium size, good flavor.
Prelude - early raspberry, medium size, sweet and good flavor. Japanese beetles attacked this one the most.
Nova - largest berries, firm and tart raspberry flavor, not as sweet as others.
Taylor - huge berries, softer, very sweet yet with an excellent raspberry tartness. Very good, tied for favorite red.
Lantham - medium size, juicy and sweet, not as tart as others
Encore - large berries, excellent flavor, tied for favorite red.
Unknown yellow - my favorite, medium berries, sweet with a pineapple-honey flavor. They're sweet when they're white, but turn yellow and then a yellow-orange.
September 12, 2012 The fall-bearing raspberries were fruiting.
Polka - medium size, sweet, good flavor
Polana - medium size, tart raspberry flavor
Jaclyn - large berries, mild and sweet flavor
Caroline - medium size, tart and sweet, good flavor
Malling Autumn Britten - medium size, juicy, good flavor
Ann - medium size, sweet and pineapple flavor, good
Unknown yellow - bearing it's second crop of the season, excellent as ever. Better than Anne.
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