So picked up my canes on the weekend and created a new vege patch – or should that be a berry patch.  So in this bed we have

1 x CHILCOTIN: A high yielding variety of raspberry that ripens mid-season over a four week period. Simultaneous cropping to Williamette. The berries are borne on long laterals that can grow very tall. Some canes may need to be thinned out at ground level.

1 x WILLIAMETTE: A very popular mid-season variety that can be harvested over a 3 to 4 week period. An average yield producer of large berries that can tend to darken once picked. This variety will begin to ripen around November/December.

2 x NOOTKA: A high yielding, mid-season variety of raspberry producing a medium sized berry. The fruit comes away from the bush readily, making harvesting easy. This variety has a high resistance to fruit rot.

2 x HERITAGE: A variety that has been specifically developed to bear an Autumn crop. It produces an attractive berry with good flavour.

And I also got 6 x SILVANBERRY: A vigorous, thorny plant producing heavy crops in December. The flavour resembles that of wild blackberries

The patch I made was not large enough for the 6 Silvanberry, so they will be planeted on the property fence next weekend.

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