Experiments in black raspberry breeding

[Drew51]

See this thread for more info on the blacks. The primocane berries are coming earlier now. I have been harvesting them for two weeks now.

Black raspberries in October

This is different! I crossed Ontario wild yellow with Niwot and have had the plant 2 years. I germinated many seeds from the cross. I kept 3 or 4 but this one is the best one. The berries are huge. Also the primocane fruiting hybrid produces decent fall berries. Not as good as summer berries, still worth eating. Much better than Niwot fall berries. The plant had two huge canes. The first cane already ripened it’s fall berries. The bigger cane is just ripening them now. I might prune next year …