Raspberries

Cascade Harvest

Chemainus

My field value: (BC82-5-84 x Tulameen) A mid-season processing and fresh market berry that produces attractive dark berries with some resistance to fruit rot. The fruit is easy to harvest and in growers' trials has machine harvested well. The fruit is glossy, large, firm, perfect in shape with fine drupelets, and so is very suitable for IQF. It is not resistant to RBVD, but appears to have a slow rate of infection.

Cowichan

My field value: BC 87-14-20) Cowichan is a new cultivar that was released in 2001 by Agriculture AgriFood Canada. It has been resistant to root rot in greenhouse tests and may be resistant to RBDV. It is machine harvestable. Early studies indicated that it may have moderate yields.

Meeker

My field value: Meeker is a late season, very productive summer fruiting raspberry with excellent traditional raspberry flavor. It is a versatile cultivar with its fruit being usable for fresh, IQF, bulk frozen, juice or puree. It is particularly sensitive to root rot as a new plant, but has more tolerance after it has become well established.

Tulameen

My field value: Tulameen is the standard variety for the fresh market throughout the world. It has a large fruit with an excellent, non-traditional raspberry flavor. Because of the large fruit size, it can be difficult to machine harvest.