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Recommended Raspberry Varieties for Home Gardens

Red Varieties

Dormanred - (Recommended for Central, Southern Arkansas) A variety developed in Mississippi. Produces high yield of fair quality fruit. Dormanred differs from other red raspberries in that it has weak vine-like growth and requires trellising in the spring similar to trailing blackberries. It has some blackberry fruit characteristics.

Heritage - (Recommended for Northern Arkansas) A variety from New York that has shown promise as far south as Van Buren and Johnson counties. It has erect canes and medium-size, bright red, medium- firm berries. It makes berries in late summer and fall at the tips of the new canes. The rest of the cane completes fruiting the next spring. Heritage plants are hardy and vigorous.

Black Varieties

Cumberland - (Recommended for Northern Arkansas) The Cumberland black raspberry grows in northern Arkansas and produces moderate crops of medium-size, fairly firm, somewhat seedy berries which are not quite as flavorful as red raspberries. The canes have many thorns. It appears fairly susceptible to spur blight. Black raspberries are normally short-lived in Arkansas.

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