Up until two or three years ago, we also wondered where we were headed with the summer raspberries: a portion of the autumn raspberries were getting bigger and the quality was getting better and better. Yes, we even considered whether the summer raspberries would not one day be superfluous, if the autumn raspberries fruit earlier in the summer and if the Twotimer® varieties win market share. However, the appearance of the spotted wing drosophila changed this assessment...Why? The dreaded Drosophila suzukii does not establish large populations until late summer, which can be dangerous to the crop. In many regions and in most years, summer raspberries ripen at a time when the swarms of this fruit fly are not yet so well developed that they could cause significant harm. And this is how the summer raspberries have again become up-to-date and exciting.
Summer raspberry Willamette
The early variety Willamette, which overwinters extremely well, has a particularly good chance of escaping the spotted wing drosophila and it is one of the summer raspberry classics that you would not want to miss having in your garden: it is simply reliable – in the garden and in the production of potted plants in the nursery.
Summer raspberry Willamette
The root rot resistant raspberry Sanibelle (S)
The biggest problem when growing raspberries in the garden is and remains Phytophthora, also known as root rot. If a customer tells you that canes are dying at the tips in late summer, then you know that it probably has to do with root rot. Of course, in recent years, we have almost only collected varieties in our assortment that are not extremely susceptible, but are as robust as possible against this very common disease. The only really resistant variety that also works in bed plantings, where other raspberries have died of root rot, is the summer raspberry Sanibelle (S). This is also the reason that this variety should actually not be missing in any assortment or in any range. Whenever possible, Sanibelle (S) should be planted using 2-year-old plants (overwintered), since these will grow much better according to our experience.
Summer raspberry Sanibelle (S)
The right summer raspberry varieties for producing long canes
Have you heard of “long canes”? The concept originates from commercial horticulture: raspberry plants are grown in pots, in which one to two, 120 to 180 cm long canes with as good nutrition as possible are formed. These plants are sold in the spring in garden centres, whereby the plants are usually taken out of the cold room by the plant producers, so they have as little green as possible during sales and can be better transported. The end customer plants this long cane raspberry either in a large container with a volume of 15 to 30 L or in the garden, also providing it with a slow release fertiliser and additional irrigation for optimal nutrition. Then kilograms of fruits can be harvested for the first time in June of the first year. The ideal varieties for such a production and therefore also the best young plants for the production of long canes are the varieties Algonquin, TulaMagic and Glen Ample. So if you want to try the production of this new type of plant, we are ready...
Summer raspberry Longcane Algonquin
Summer raspberry Longcane TulaMagic
Summer raspberry Longcane Glen Ample
Summer raspberry Summer Chef®
Here comes the novelty: the summer raspberry Summer Chef®. We have tested this variety for years, which has very few thorns that are not prickly. It comes from the breeding programme jointly operated by Lubera® and East Malling in Kent, England. And what is so special about this new summer raspberry? The answer is easy: it's the best summer raspberry that we've ever eaten. As a late-maturing variety, it has a gigantic yield potential; the rather compact, quite stable canes develop in sufficient numbers, but it is the fruits, the flavour and the aroma that make Summer Chef® irresistible. The poet and gourmet in our team, Markus Kobelt, described the taste as follows: 'Summer Chef starts off fruity/sour, it almost wakes you up, also awakening your senses and then comes the aroma that one could describe as being vanilla-like with floral elements.'
Summer raspberry Summer Chef®
This explosion of raspberry flavour also produces extremely reliably, and this is not self-evident, that is, fruit-bearing canes are regularly healthy and robust after the winter months and they then sprout along the entire length of the relatively long fruit shoots...those who love flavour are sure to plant Summer Chef®...
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