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Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
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Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 15 8:51 pm Post subject:
Talk to the folk down your local allotment and beg some cuttings.

OtleyLad

Joined: 13 Jan 2007
Posts: 2737
Location: Otley, West Yorkshire

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 15 9:02 pm Post subject:
Autumn Bliss does well for me and crops into the late autumn (december las year!). Has a longer season than summer varieties.

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 15 7:14 am Post subject:

If you have room you could have both summer and autumn cropping ones. I can't suggest any varieties, as I havn't grown any for ages. As Hairyloon suggests, asking at your local allotments might be useful as they will know what grows well round your way. Otley Lads suggestion is also good, as I have heard that Autumn Bliss are a good variety. We had some of the first autumn fruiting ones that were just called Autumn, and they weren't bad.

gythagirl

Joined: 18 Feb 2010
Posts: 1467
Location: Somerset

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 15 7:36 am Post subject:
Another vote for Autumn Bliss. Need less support than summer varieties too (books say no support required but ours do!). This year I'm trying someone on here's suggestion, by leaving some canes uncut in Feb so they'll fruit earlier, thus covering all bases Hopefully!

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 15 7:40 am Post subject:
Autumn varieties will fruit in summer. It depends to some extent on when you prune back the old canes.

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8364
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Tue Apr 07, 15 10:30 am Post subject:
Try "Tulameen" lovely flavour and the fruit keeps its shape when picked. Apparently it was originally just grown by commercial growers. I bought my first ones from a Dutch mail order company, but have just bought some canes in a local nursery

Nicky cigreen

Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 9615
Location: Devon, uk

Posted: Tue Apr 07, 15 12:40 pm Post subject:
we have malling admiral - a summer fruiting one - vigorous, heavy crop, not killed it yet, and the fruit is tasty in a fit of maddness - because we have freezers full of raspberries and dont need anymore, have recently planted autumn gold, an autumn fruiting yellow variety that is very sweet - yet to report how well that does

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
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Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Tue Apr 07, 15 7:41 pm Post subject:
If you can grow it, it tastes good

James

Joined: 11 Jan 2006
Posts: 2866
Location: York

Posted: Tue Apr 07, 15 9:03 pm Post subject:
Thanks everyone. A local independent organic nursery has lots of autumn bliss & not a lot else...tells me something about what grows well for them. Probably don't have room for too many, but I may try a few varieties & keep / propergate those that do well & taste good.

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
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Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Wed Apr 08, 15 8:25 am Post subject:
how far are you from Pickering? good well-established family run nursery there.. gooseberry specialists, but good for all fruit

James

Joined: 11 Jan 2006
Posts: 2866
Location: York

Posted: Fri Apr 10, 15 6:57 pm Post subject:
Close, about 30 mins up the road. What's it called?

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
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Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Fri Apr 10, 15 8:39 pm Post subject:
https://www.rvroger.co.uk/index.php?linksource=nursery still family run I think. I was there on holiday in 1987and visited.....very difficult not to come home with a carful......bought some by mail order eventually

James

Joined: 11 Jan 2006
Posts: 2866
Location: York

Posted: Sat Apr 11, 15 1:51 pm Post subject:
Thanks gz, just phoned them, very helpful. Put an order in for 10 'Joan J', a new autumn bliss hybrid. Pick 'em up tomorrow or Monday. Will report back in autumn about how they've performed.

Falstaff

Joined: 27 May 2009
Posts: 1014

Posted: Sat Apr 11, 15 4:31 pm Post subject:

James wrote:

.......Will report back in autumn about how they've performed.

Aren't you supposed to stop them fruiting in the first year ?

James

Joined: 11 Jan 2006
Posts: 2866
Location: York

Posted: Sat Apr 11, 15 6:03 pm Post subject:
Don't know! I would have thought so, but I've read that with autumn (primocane) varieties, they can fruit in the first year. Anyone know for sure?

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