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Best Flavour Raspberry? Free Postage from J Parkers this Weekend ending 12/02/23

pinkskyinthecitypinkskyinthecity Posts: 109
in Fruit & veg
From this list, which ones would you choose: 

  1. Glen Ample
  2. Glen Cova
  3. Malling Jewel
  4. Tulameen
  5. Fallgold 
  6. Glen Magna
  7. Zeva
  8. Glen Lyon
I have the Glen Coe, purple variety that I've been growing for years, but when I moved the clump, it didn't transplant well, so I had to buy new canes but they didn't thrive last year (2nd year after planting) due to the hot summer we had. I'm now resorting to growing the normal variety, but not sure which one is the best for flavour. Does anyone know before I place my order tonight? 

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  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    Fall gold is autumn fruiting with a lovely flavour. I have it in SW France. If kept watered it survives hot summers. I have Heritage too.

    I would also choose Zeva and Malling Jewel, I've grown them before. I don't know the other varieties, haven't grown them.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • pinkskyinthecitypinkskyinthecity Posts: 109
    Thanks for the advice, Busy. I can't remember how they're grown. For summer-fruiting canes, if the canes are no more than 1' tall and whatever growth they put on in spring before flowering, does this mean I'll have a small yield? So, it's not till next year's canes after fruiting will I get a decent yield? 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Autumn-fruiting raspberry canes should be cut down to their base about now. They’ll grow new canes up to 6 or 7 ft this year and will produce a good crop from late summer onwards. I grew Polka which I heartily recommend. 

    Summer fruiting ones produce fruit on canes grown last year, so if they’re only 1’ tall now you’re really not going to get a crop this year. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I'd buy from a reputable company -not Parkers. I take it you mean Glen Clova?
    I've just planted Glen Lyon. It's a good raspberry, and they suit the conditions here.
    We grow the best raspberries in Scotland. I may be slightly biased... ;)

    It's why so many of them originate up here though, and have the name 'Glen'  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    I used to have Glen Moy an early fruiting variety, but it seemed to get a virus.
    Glen Moy are susceptible, but they were delicious!
    I dug them out 2 years ago and last autumn replaced them with another early variety Malling Jewel which is more virus-resistant. I should get some berries this year from them.
    I also have Joan J which is an autumn fruiting variety.
    Malling Jewel should be ready from June, and Joan J fruits from mid-July until around October/November.

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • parrotfeather*parrotfeather* Posts: 188
    I think it depends how much space yuou have and how much time you are prepared to give to them.  I have grown both Summer and Autumn fruiting varieites over the years but have come to the conclusion that the best fruit to space and effort ratio comes down to the Autumn fruiters, which actually start fruiting in the summer for me anyway (I am also in Nottinghamshire). I cut almost all of the plants down to the ground in early Spring but leave a few, which then fruit earlier than the rest in the summer, followed by the main crop which if you harvest all the fruits will keep going until quite late in the Autumn.  Because you just cut all the stems right down they are easier to manage and I find that they need less support than the summer-fruiting types.  I agree with Dovefromabove thet Polka is an excellent variety, easy to manage and with an excellent flavour.
  • pinkskyinthecitypinkskyinthecity Posts: 109
    Thanks for all your replies! I've missed the offer of free postage as I decided against buying it from J Parkers. I've got a friend who's got rasps in their garden that doesn't seem to get thinned very often, so I might as well help them and help myself out at the same time. Theirs is a summer-variety that are grown on heavy clay and in semi shade, and they must be around 4',  so I'm not banking on them being vigorous this year. I'll take my chances and see if it'll do well in my raised bed.  

    I once grew a couple of varieties when I had a lottie such as Joan J and Polka. When I discovered the purple variety Glen Coe, I didn't bother growing the normal variety. Unfortunately, I've not been successful growing them last two years. I still have 2 small clumps growing but they're only about 4' so I won't get a good harvest this year. 
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