Thanks, Favman. I had written it down in my notes as likely crataegifolius, but I wasn’t sure if it was some weird hybrid or something. Did you read something that confirms the plant’s genetics?
As per usual, all the nurseries just regurgitate the same marketing spiel, which doesn’t actually tell you anything useful. The plants have been around here for a couple years now.
I am still confused what makes the Hararasp any different from normal crataegifolius plants. Perhaps Mr. Hara just wanted to name something after himself…
Hi I Googled Korean Raspberry, and the Hara CV was mentioned as well as the species. I do not know what if anything is different about the HARA cultivar, it does not seem to be thornless and the fruit look the same as regular cultivars. There is a thornless cultivar but I can’t remember its name. Luther Burbank did a hybrid with Blackberry and called it the Primus berry. I do not think it still exists.