Not much… let me get back on it. Will let u know when they arrive.
I got my Jaclyn from them… which for folks that are into early ripening its the earliest. (same breeder as Caroline, Josephine, Addison, Anne, Ohio’s Treasure)…
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You mean Crimson Blush?
I’m interested. Do you need to keep these small plants in a freezer until Spring?
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probably… i lost interest in it …plus there is too many red rasps being released i think…
I may just have them hold them at their greenhouse til spring. Thats the easy route.
I have planted plugs around this time of the year and have some outside right now in pots. i dont remember having any issues… ive even left cuttings that struck root in pots that froze solid come thru fine. Im in Z7ish though so not sure about colder climates.
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I understand. I’m still looking for a companion to Caroline. Feeling like I’m spoiled by it and every other red raspberry is mediocre when it comes to flavor. Ha.
Works for me. I bought some bare root canes at a store February 1st last year when they first became available in stock, potted them up outside and they broke dormancy in the Spring just fine as well.
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Crimson Blush is a primocane variety so it’s only the floricane crop that’s late unless I’m mistaken.
I agree… most every thing is geared towards primocane fruiting and all that energy gets lost in translation to fruit it seems. I think Jaclyn and Addison are the right path… so far though i am impressed with the Cascade Delight… but production was fairly low for me. Maybe Cascade Harvest solves that.
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I’m guessing it’s the primocane crop that’s late because it fruits in the fall. Floricane typically fruits in the summer.
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works in reverse… takes awhile for the cane to grow then form buds then blooms then fruit… so primocane fruit is late.
The cane thats left and not spent would be the floricane which would fruit early the following year.
You’re right. I got it mixed up.
Jaclyn - The cross OBC-f1 (unpatented)בCaroline’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,412)
That’s why it tastes as good as Caroline. It’s the daughter of Caroline
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I jokingly say that the breeder seems to name his rasps after women… not sure of their meaning. Perhaps ladies of the night 
Same guy that bred Wyeberry and a bunch of blackberries bred most folks favorite reds and yellow and black rasps.
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I’m still picking 1-2 caroline a day from my single plant, I have been for what feels like months now
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I’m doing that with polka, yellow gold and ann! They don’t taste as good but they’re still producing. I’ve been hoping the hummingbirds get them because i had to take away the feeder due to mosquitos trying to breed in them
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Innovativeorganicnursery.com has amazing customer service.
I’m about to try some of their strawberry plants
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I agree. Received a response same day about holding shipment until spring.
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Ruby jewel from innovativeorganicnursery.com , 3 canes. If spread out, one has enough roots to fill a small tote
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interesting note about bababerry here at timestamp 19:30
he says that bababerries used to be floricane-producing only, but now they are primocane-producing. So I bet somewhere along the line someone accidentally had a seedling grow up and they mistakenly propagated that instead of the real one?
Well there is Richard’s Bababerry and there is Gertrude Millikan’s Bababerry… its up to the reader to decide which story they prefer.
Richard’s Bababerry and his story on it-
Gertrude Millikan’s find-
Patent was filed for in 1979 as an everbearing raspberry
Richard says that they are ultra low chill and not recommended for anywhere else-
Don says differently-
Richard suggests tip rooting for raspberries in the fall in his post… that would be difficult for an everbearing variety that fruits on the tips which results in spent tips. Interesting though. His may not be everbearing.
Richard says the story is made up… Someone that knew Baba posted in that thread and said it wasnt made up. Then he stopped posting.
So with most of these things like Josephine its a ‘choose your own adventure’ kind of deal… and the truth is out there. 
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Is anyone growing rubus caesius (European Dewberry, scratchberry, Kratzbeere) When foraging in Germany, I had some that tasted “exactly like blue raspberry flavor”. I’ve found only one website that seems to sell the seeds, but i was curious if there are other rubus with a similar flavor profile or other people growing the berries. For all I know, the unique soil conditions / genetics of the plants I ate gave it the unique flavor and it is not as dependent on the species.
Hi Kris,
Do you like BABA berry?
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Eh… for me is one of the latest fruiting on primocanes. And berries were kind of crumbly. Probably my climate or perhaps i dont have them in the perfect place or something. There have been so many reds bred in the past 40 years that im not sure its worth chasing unless you just like nostalgia. Seems to be a good one for people who dont like change or heard about it in the olden days mostly. Right up there with Doyle’s blackberry and Chester etc.
Much better choices to be had like Vintage and Heritage (again catering to the mindset with naming). I think once more folks grow Vintage and the newer releases like Cascade Harvest etc these older ones will fade.
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