Yeah, the fall crop may be, but what about its summer (floricane) crop? Do most ever bearers have more fruit on the primocanes?
I have three fall varieties (Anne, Fall Gold, Caroline), I guess I’ll see this year, even though my present canes are pretty puny. I also noticed that Prelude gave a small amount of fall berries last year. Perhaps most red summer-bearers do this? I thought my Killarney did the same thing.
Some are poor summer bearers others are not! Still I prune them for two crops.
It’s hards to judge as I have good years and bad. I don’t always know why?
Yes some do give a small fall crop. Prelude gives a decent amount but the summer crop is better. Taylor, Encore, Cascade Gold, and Honey Queen never gave me a fall crop. Strictly summer bearing. .
After reading this thread from last year about Josephine raspberry, I was intrigued. Previously I had been growing Tulameen, a huge, sweet fruit the first couple of years, but, like all raspberries, had started to peter out by year 4. I took a chance and ordered Josephine off Amazon. While they seemed expensive ($50 for 5 plants), I went ahead.(You all know this illness.) Plants came today…7 instead of 5…each with an extensive root system. I’m happy with the way they look! Will see about production.
Hopefully they will really be Josephine. Come back and tell us about them after they fruit if you can. 
Oooh, I’m interested in comparisons of raspberries. Although, right now I’m fighting squirrels, and what I am mostly looking for is a raspberry that is thorny enough to be unpleasant for them to climb, and sturdy enough that if they do climb it, they don’t immediately break the cane. I tried Prelude, and it failed on both those counts.
Of course, I want the berries to taste good, too. I prefer red raspberries over black of gold (the yellow ones aren’t sour enough for my tastes) and like others, I think Heritage has a bit of an off flavor in the aftertaste, and is one of my least favorites.
Boston Mountain seems to have dropped Josephine this year (haven’t emailed them though, and they have $122 minimum order)? Does Schlabach’s Nursery, or some other nursery, have it?
Anyone have suckers they could share? 5-7x & $50 is too much. Not sure if they would produce anything here in Colorado; but this thread has gotten me interested!
I’m looking for Josephines as well. Nourse will let you buy a limit of 5 plants. I’m looking for 40x.
Do you still have Josephine ? Are they still doing tood on the Tennessean Kentucky border ? I’m in southeast Missouri near cape Girardeau . Sounds like they would do good here in similar climate
How did they do? The only place I can find Josephine is on Amazon. And I’m not sure how reputable is for actually having real Josephine raspberries
I bought mine from here… a couple of years ago… no clue if they are still in business.
I bought 5 Josephine off eBay in Jan ‘21 and now have too too many! They turned out to be the real thing - sweet taste, large berries, and long fruiting period. If anyone is interested I’ll be selling suckers at $4 each once tops die back. . Will post on trading site in the fall.
Are you sure those are Josephine? Mine were more round and had larger drupes. I looked at pictures online and they also seemed to be like mine … see for example this one from MSU:
Raspberries vary in shape by climate but not sure how much they can vary.
Those look alot like Joan J…
Took another pic today. They are definitely more elongated than round.
So maybe not Josephine. They are late and sweet - but that doesn’t narrow it down much!
I talked to a fellow this week who is growing ‘Josephine’ that lives in WA state. He got his from Pense years ago and is pretty convinced that they are not true to name.
For sure Hand Picked Nursery is not selling the Josephine that everyone is looking for…they say theirs is named after Princess Josephine of Denmark and was bred in Europe… which is not the same as the one bred in MD by the same breeder as Caroline, Anne etc etc.
So as of now unless you got yours from Nourse years ago or from someone that did… its unlikely that you have a true to name Josephine.
I have asked several members on here that grow them to share/trade/sell… with no joy.
I am a serious buyer/trader if anyone is interested. I collect as a hobby and would love to have this in my collection.
The reasoning seems to be just… as to why it is gone from the trade…due to the late fruiting. The person i talked to also feels as if they fruit too late for them as well…even though they are unsure of them being true to name.
So perhaps there are better choices…as Joan J and Polka both have excellent flavor and fruit much earlier.
i guess i will be getting Josephine now, i have Strawberry Short Cake thornless raspberry from tractor supply and it has no flavor, it is however magnificent specimen to behold before the bugs eat holes in the greenery
where will you be getting it?
I don’t know yet, if it’s available in the USA I’ll find one, sometimes those hard to get plants can take a couple of years to get if you can find a supplier, then they are usually sold out and you join a wait list.
Awesome… its been out of the trade for years and only one nursery that i have found that carries it… which i reviewed and it is not true to name at all. Their josephine is from the UK and named after princess Josephine…so not even close to the one that was bred in MD.
I found one vendor in Idaho if you want to drive there. No clue if its true to name as they call it a ‘seedling’ and they dont ship.
they may be propagated cutting from the original, but they could also be seed starts too. but the the drive is to far to pull the trigger and buy one.
