Does your tayberry have a good flavour, LilyP? And does it have thorns? I've heard that thornless varieties don't taste as good as the thorny ones (& this seems to be the case for blackberries too). Certainly a lot of the really big-fruited ones I've tasted have been a bit disappointing, compared with the strength of flavour of a standard raspberry. But my daughter would prefer something not too thorny because she has young children.
I had a Josta in my Northumberland garden. Great fruit - but it took over the fruit cage...
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
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Tayberries Liri,
they take a while to ripen then it's a race between the birds but I got there first this year
A A Milne
Hello , we have a Jostaberry bush at allotment , very viigorous , needs constant pruning , fruit makes nice jam
It is a cross between blackberry & gooseberry
Josta is a cross between BlackCURRANT and a gooseberry. Does make a big shrub though.
Does your tayberry have a good flavour, LilyP? And does it have thorns? I've heard that thornless varieties don't taste as good as the thorny ones (& this seems to be the case for blackberries too). Certainly a lot of the really big-fruited ones I've tasted have been a bit disappointing, compared with the strength of flavour of a standard raspberry. But my daughter would prefer something not too thorny because she has young children.
I had a Josta in my Northumberland garden. Great fruit - but it took over the fruit cage...
Liri it is at thorny bush and I would always cook the fruits.
they make lovely jam and I made a summer pud today
A A Milne
Thanks, LilyP. Always good to have a first-hand experience to pass on.
Mmmm, summer pud...
Hello all , I keeping getting Blackcurrant & blackberries mixed up , one day I will get it right
I have also got 2 small blueberry bushes at allotment but never had any fruit , perhaps one day !
Plus a Brown Turkey fig tree which is growing nicely gets loads of figs but not enough sun to ripen them
General view of my North border in the morning light.