I like Cascade Gold as the best yellow, it has problems with root rot, so it’s a fussy one. I only got a few this year. It seems less hardy than others too. The size of Josephine is amazing and the taste is excellent. I need to try it a few more years, it has tons of potential. All depends what you need. For production Prelude is amazing, tart berries, come out excellent for processing. Himbo Top is low acid/sweet and gives Prelude a run for it’s money on production. So that covers fresh and processed berries right there. Both are tough and disease resistant. Seem to out perform everything else. Again though a lot better tasting ones out there with various advantages and disadvantages.
I grow Caroline and Anne and they are very fine berries, you can’t go wrong with them, but to me others are better tasting and still others produce better. We are getting picky now, Anne and Caroline are top shelf examples. I also like Encore, Taylor, Polka, Fall Gold, and Honey Queen.
Taylor and Polka stand out in that group. Some consider Taylor the finest tasting raspberry. Old school one, hard to find, not that productive either.
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