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Anyone grow Tulameen Raspberry?Help!

cairnxbetscairnxbets Posts: 4
edited April 2021 in Fruit & veg
Last spring I bought some Raspberry canes from Sainsbury's which were marked as variety Tulameen. I have grown raspberries in the past and had always wanted to try this variety, so was looking forward to them getting established with a view to a crop this year, as my research showed they were a summer fruiting variety.
Here's the thing - they grew well, but flowered and produced fruit on the new canes, like an Autumn fruiting variety!!
So I'm wondering, does this variety sometimes produce a crop on the new canes and then go on to produce a full crop on the same canes the following year, or have these canes been mislabelled and are actually a proper autumn variety?( I suspect they may actually be autumn Bliss, not Tulameen!)
I cut the fruited canes out after cropping on the assumption they were mislabelled- on reflection should have maybe left one cane to see what happened!
Anybody grown/growing Tulameen who could give me any guidance?
Any help appreciated!

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  • Joyce GoldenlilyJoyce Goldenlily Posts: 2,933
    I have Tulameen in my garden and it behaves just as you say. Mine fruit on first and second year canes so I now never cut the canes back until they die, usually around year 3 or 4. Mine start fruiting in early summer, have a rest and then have a second crop later which continues into early Oct. Last year I picked my last handful in Nov.
    I believe Tulmeen is considered a commercial variety.
  • cairnxbetscairnxbets Posts: 4
    Thank you so much Joyce!!!
    I will leave the canes growing this year in for another crop next year - I am really surprised that none of the sellers mention this- or the RHS for that matter!
    No substitute for personal experience - so again, many thanks!!
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