Abstract
Eight primocane fruiting red raspberry cultivars were evaluated in a replicated trial in Geneva, NY. ‘Autumn Bliss’ was consistently the earliest and highest yielding cultivar with an average total and marketable yield of 6,130 lbac'1 (6,870 kgha'1) and 5,610 lbac-1 (6,280 kgha-1), respectively, over three seasons. ‘Anne’ consistently had the lowest total and marketable yield of any cultivar in the trial, with an average of 2,380 lbac'1 (2,670 kgha'1) and 1,870 lbac-1 (2,090 kgha-1), respectively. ‘Heritage’ had the highest percentage of marketable fruit (82%), while ‘Ruby’ had the lowest percent marketable fruit (55%). ‘Autumn Bliss’ had the largest fruit (2.2 g per berry) and ‘Goldie’ had the smallest (1.5 g per berry). ‘Autumn Bliss’, ‘Caroline’, ‘Goldie’, ‘Prelude’, ‘Amity’, and ‘Ruby’ all produced marketable yields that were equal to or greater than the standard cultivar, ‘Heritage’, and are suitable for growing regions similar to western NY. The amber cultivar, ‘Goldie’, performed in a similar manner as ‘Heritage’ and may be useful for specialty marketing. The yellow cultivar ‘Anne’, produced very low yields but had large fruit that could make it useful under special circumstances.
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