Hello Dragomir:
Sorry about the delay to write this to you.
I can tell you that I will be growing this Raspberry
next year. I am in the process of arranging to make
an order from a Washington nursery to buy canes
for me to grow as well as purchase some canes for
a greenhouse grower I know very well. She grows
specialty lettuce and herbs for fresh market and wants
to try growing this Raspberry as a companion plant
for her commercial enterprise.
I think you probably will want to start off growing
this Raspberry in a greenhouse due to your climate
and then plant outdoors when the frosts have passed.
I am not sure as to how hardy this Raspberry is at
this time but I will learn as I plan to grow my plants
in the ground from dormant canes on. What I want
to know is how this Raspberry compares to Heritage
and Canby in the quality of the berry and how well
the plants hold up after being in the ground for a few
years.
In my reading up on this Raspberry I believe it to
be quite promising, one of the best introductions
in a long while. The large sized berry combined
with the excellent flavor, the firmness and shelf
life of the berry in the stores may make this
Raspberry a favorite for growers and consumers
alike the world over. What I find novel is that
this Raspberry can be grown in containers either
grown strictly in a greenhouse or grown in containers
outdoors. Growing a commercial Raspberry on in
a container is almost unheard of. We will have to
wait and see what the yields are like grown indoors,
outdoors in containers or started off in a greenhouse
and then transplanted into the ground like we normally
plant and grow our Tomatoes. Planting 18 inch long
canes should mean that we have a very good chance
of producing some fruit in the first year. I am looking
forward to growing this Raspberry. I’ve grown several
varieties of Raspberries and Brambles in the past.
Below is a source in England for you to buy this
Raspberry from. You may want to contact them
and inquire as to how they are growing this
Raspberry.
http://victoriana.ws/shop/Fruit80.asp
Below are three URLs that may be of further interest to you.
http://www.uvm.edu/~nesare/reports_raspb.html
http://www.strawberrytyme.com/raspberry.html
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...erries15m.html
I would think there will be more information posted in this
thread on this Raspberry as time progresses.
Best regards,
Jim
