Blackberry and Raspberry (Berries, minor fruits and fruit trees)

Late

This sunshine-colored fruit has a unique flavor with hints of apricot. These large, sweet, firm berries will liven up tarts, jams and salads. They also freeze well. The hardy and productive plant bears in the first year. Cold-hardy and heat-tolerant. Fall-bearing (everbearing).

Height: 2m

Width: must be pruned, if not spread.

Hardiness zone: 3

Exposure : Sun

Produces a prodigality of large, perfectly sweet red raspberries.

Late

Coming to an edible landscape near you. Attractive, early-to-fruit, high-yielding 4-5’ shrubs produce a prodigality of large, perfectly sweet red raspberries. The bountiful berry harvest, preceded by a pretty show of five-petaled white flowers comes two or more days before ‘Heritage,’ and produces a larger yield. Berries delicious for fresh eating, in jams, desserts or pastries. Cold-hardy to Zone 3; shows a good tolerance for southern heat. Self-fertile shrub’s thorny canes can be supported or not.

Height: 1.2m

Width: must be pruned, if not it spreads.

Hardiness zone: 4

Exposure: Sun, half-shade.

Early

A very productive fall fruiting variety with average height canes and average suckering. Fruit is very big, very firm and good flavor and of medium red color. Very interesting variety for the size of fruit.

Height: 1.5m

Width: must be pruned, if not it spreads.

Hardiness zone: 4

Exposure: Sun, half-shade.

Early

Raspberry tree that produces black and sweet fruits on its 2 years old stems. Very hardy and vigorous variety with attractive and very tasty black purple fruits. Less invasive than other raspberry bushes, it can produce in sun and semi-shade. In the spring, when the new shoots have reached 30'' in height, prune the top 2-3'', in order to encourage the development of the lateral branches. When these are developed, count 8-10 buds per branch and prune the rest of the branch. Once fruiting is complete, remove the stems that have produced and the new stems that are less than 12 mm in diameter. Keep only 5 to 8 strong stems per clump to promote the growth of large sweet fruits.

Height: 1.5m

Width: must be pruned, if not spread

Hardiness zone: 3

Exposure: Sun, half-shade

Planting distance between plants (pollination): 30 cm

This thornless, heat tolerant blackberry is a prolific producer of deliciously sweet and juicy, deep blue-black berries - that can be harvested without getting pricked by thorns! Small, soft pink flowers appear on second year wood, the semi-erect canes yielding a reliable crop of large blackberries in midsummer. Deciduous.

Height : 1,5 m 

Width : 1,5 m 

Planting distance : 1,5 m 

Exposure: sun, half-shade

Hardiness zone: 3

This variety (Illiny Hardy) of thormy BlackBerry is winter resistant. The fruit shrub is vigorous and its hardiness factor is -23 degrees Celsius. The fruit mature at the end of July. The Hardy Illiny produces an excellent crop of black, bright, juicy, medium-sized fruit. The plants are spiny, 5-6 feet in height and are easy to maintain in tight spaces. The plant is resistant to phytophthora fungus.

Hardiness zone: 3

Harvest: end of July

Description of the fruit: black fruit, medium-flavored

Planting distance between plants (pollination): 30 cm

Shrub type: Climbing

You need to provide a structure to support the climbing branches. Keep 2 year old branches when pruning.

A thornless blackberry that makes pretty white flowers in August and produces an abundance of large black fruits afterwards on the 2nd year wood, in sun to part shade. It produces long, tender stems each year that will produce the following year. When the young shoots of the year reach 1m in height, prune their top by a minimum of 10 cm to encourage the development of the lateral branches. When these are developed, count 6-8 buds per branch and prune the rest of the branch. In the spring, start by pruning the branches that produced the previous year, if this was not done after the last harvest, as well as the branches dried and broken by the snow.  

Height : 1.5m

Width : 2m

Hardiness zone: 3

Exposition : Sun, half-shade.

This BlackBerry cultivar is a thorny and highly resistant variety, with a staggered yield season. The Hardy Black produces firm, succulent, juicy and sweet berries. Blackberry cultivation requires the installation of a structure that can support the branches of blackberry trees which are very climbing. It must be well equipped to pay attention to thorns that are very present on the branches.

Height: Climbing plant

Hardiness zone: 3

Fruit Description: Black fruit, firm, juicy and sweet

Harvest period: Spread over the season

Variety that can promote pollination: Illiny Hardy

Planting distance between plants (pollination): 30 cm

You need to provide a structure to support the climbing branches. Keep 2 year old branches when pruning.

Late variety with average hardiness. Long spineless canes with fair suckering. Blackberries are very large, very firm with good flavour. Winter protection of the canes is essential.

Height : 1.5m

Width : 2m

Hardiness zone: 3

Exposition : Sun, half-shade.

Early/mid-season

Excellent hardiness and excellent productivity. The canes are spiny, medium in height with strong suckering. Berries are small, dark red, with good firmness and good flavour. Acidic fruit with good cohesion, excellent for freezing.

Height: 1.5m

Width: 1.5m *Must be pruned

Hardiness zone: 4

Exposure : Sun

Flowering period: May

zone 4b

The boysenberry is a cross among the European raspberry (Rubus idaeus), European blackberry (Rubus fruticosus), American dewberry (Rubus aboriginum), and loganberry (Rubus × loganobaccus).

It is a large 8.0-gram (0.28 oz) aggregate fruit, with large seeds and a deep maroon color.

Mid-season

Good hardiness and good productivity. Stems are thorny, long and suckering is high. Raspberries are glossy black, large and flavorful.

Care : This fruit bush does best in deep, well-drained soil rich in organic matter. To improve fruit production, compost or a natural fertilizer can be applied every year. Beware of birds, the installation of a net is strongly recommended.

Note : Do not plant Red, Gold or Purple raspberries within 75-100 feet of Black raspberries. Black raspberries may be more susceptible to viral diseases carried by aphids to and from nearby raspberry plants.

Height: 1.5m

Width: Must be pruned, if not it spreads.

Hardiness zone: 4

Exposure : Sun

Early

Fall-bearing variety, earlier than the Heritage. Very productive and vigorous variety with big dark red fruit and very good flavor. Big sized fruit. More tolerant to root rot.

Height: 1.5m

Width: Must be pruned, if not it spreads.

Hardiness zone: 4

Exposure : Sun

Golden yellow fruit in June and September. With white flower

Practical advice:

• Plant 40 to 60 cm apart.
• After harvesting, cut back the branches that have borne fruit, as they will no longer produce.
• Tie up the stems in bundles in autumn to avoid the weight of the snow from shredding them.
• Add fertilizer and compost in spring.

Exposure: Sun, half-shade

Hardiness zone: 3

Flowering period: May to September

Late

A productive variety with near spineless canes, medium in height with good suckering. Raspberries are medium in size, medium to dark red with excellent firmness and good flavour. For a summer crop, cut back canes partly after fall fruiting.

Height: 1m

Width: must be pruned, if not it spreads.

Hardiness zone: 3

Exposure: Half-shade, sun.

Mid-season

Excellent hardiness and excellent productivity. The canes are spiny, tall with strong suckering. Raspberries are small, medium to light red, with good firmness and good flavour. Very popular variety for fresh market and freezing.

Height: 2m

Width: must be pruned, if not spread.

Hardiness zone: 3

Exposure : Sun

Late

Very good productivity. Golden color, firm, sweet and tasty fruits. Likes fresh and well drained soils. 

Height : 1.5m

Width: Must be pruned, if not it spreads.

Hardiness zone: 4

Exposure: Sun, half-shade.

Early

Very good hardiness and very good productivity. The canes are relatively spiny, tall with strong suckering. Raspberries are large, dark red, with average firmness and good flavour. Interesting for the fresh market and freezing. Self-fertile, but more abundant with cross-pollination. Planting distance between plants: 30cm

Height: 1m

Width: Must be pruned, if not it spreads.

Hardiness zone: 3

Soil: Well drained

Exposition : Full sun

Mid-late season

Very good hardiness and very good productivity. The canes are very tall with little spines and good suckering. Raspberries are large, medium red with excellent firmness and good flavour. Resembles Festival but with more vigour and resistance to orange rust.

Height: 1.25m

Width: must be pruned, if not it spread.

Hardiness zone: 5

Exposure : Sun

Mid-season

A very productive remontant variety with short, thorny stems and very high suckering. The raspberries are large, very firm, light red and have good flavor. Often used in U-pick fields. The only variety with production in August. Good soil management and mites are essential to maximize the yield of this variety.

Height: 2m

Width: must be pruned, if not spread.

Hardiness zone: 3

Exposure: Sun

Mid-season

Primocane variety with very high yields. Canes of medium height that bear large light red and firm fruit. Harvest starts just after Pathfinder and never stops. Excellent choice for tunnel production.

Height: 2m

Width: must be pruned, if not spread.

Hardiness zone: 3

Exposure: Sun

Mid-season

Primocane raspberry of good yielding. Harvest starts after Polana bearing dark red fruits of excellent flavor.

Height: 1.5m

Width: Must be pruned, if not it spreads.

Hardiness zone: 3

Exposure: Sun, half-shade.

Early

An early variety with good hardiness, with an occasional second harvest at the end of the season on the vegetative stem. Vigorous stem with few thorns. Round red to dark red fruit, good firmness and flavor.

Height: 1.5 m

Width: 1 m

Exposure: sun/mid-shade

Zone: 4

Culture

Grow in average, medium moisture, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Has good shade tolerance. Prune immediately after fruiting. Suitable for zone 3a.

Noteworthy Characteristics

Rubus odoratus is a native of Eastern North America. It is a deciduous, coarse, suckering shrub with cane-like stems which typically grows 3-6' tall and spreads 6-12' wide. One of the best of the ornamental raspberries because of its rose-like, fragrant, 2" wide, rose-purple flowers which appear over a long summer bloom period and its palmate, 5-lobed, maple-like, medium green leaves (4-10" wide). This shrub has hairy stems but virtually no prickles. Flowers give way to 3/4" diameter, cup-shaped red fruits (raspberries) which are edible but somewhat dry, crumbly and unappetizing.

NEW

Very productive variety with good hardiness. Fruit is very big, light yellow color and excellent flavor. Summer variety if canes are pruned in the fall or a fall fruiting variety if mowed down in the fall.

Large fruit

Outstanding flavor

Mid-season

Excellent hardiness and productivity. Canes of medium vigor with spines and of medium suckering. Berries are deep red with good firmness and good flavor. Fruit size slightly larger than Boyne.

Very hardy

Height: 1.5m

Width: Must be pruned, if not it spreads.

Hardiness zone: 4

Exposure: Sun, half-shade. 

Planting distance between plants (pollination): 30 cm.

Mid-season

Introduced by the University of Saskatchewan, the Mammoth raspberry provides rich red color, super sweet fruit 21.5mm in diameter and 27.5g in size. This variety is much more resistant to cold than the Boyne variety. It has high.

Height: 1.5m

Width: 1m

Hardiness zone: 4

Flowering period: May

Morus rubra, commonly known as the Red Mulberry, is a specie of mulberry native to eastern North America. It is found from Ontario and Vermont in the north down to southern Florida, and west to southeast South Dakota and central Texas. Red Mulberry is a deciduous tree, growing to 10–15 m tall, rarely 20 m, with a trunk up to 50 cm diameter. The leaves are alternate, 7–14 cm long and 6–12 cm broad, simple, broadly cordate, with a shallow notch at the base, typically unlobed on mature trees although often with 2-3 lobes, particularly on young trees, and with a finely serrated margin. The flowers are relatively inconspicuous: small, yellowish green or reddish green, and opening as leaves emerge. Male and female flowers are usually on separate trees although they may occur on the same tree.

The fruit is a compound cluster of several small drupes, similar in appearance to a blackberry, 2–3 cm long, when it is ripening it is red or dark purple, edible and very sweet with a good flavor. The first English colonists to explore eastern Virginia in 1607 mentioned the abundance of both mulberry trees and their fruit, which was eaten, sometimes boiled, by the native Powhatan tribes. Today, mulberries are eaten raw, used in fruit pastries, and fermented into wine. The wood may be dried and used for smoking meats with a flavor that is mild and sweet. Suitable for zone 4b. Excellent tree for permaculture projects.

Self-fertilizing 

Height : 10m

Width : 10m

Hardiness zone: 5

Exposition : Sun, half-shade.

Our perfect purple raspberry! Plant is vigorous, hearty and resistant to insects. Yields large, sweet berries with great flavor. Fruit never fades, even when canned or frozen. Cold-hardy. Late-summer bearing. Ripens in August. Self-pollinating.

Height: 1.5m

Width: must be pruned, if not it spreads.

Hardiness zone: 3

Exposure : Sun

Planting distance between plants (pollination) : 30 cm

The white mulberry is a small tree grown for its glossy foliage and globular habit with a spreading crown. It is an ornamental tree that is used alone in medium to large gardens. The deciduous leaves are oval, toothed, ribbed and shiny and turn yellow in the fall. The small edible fruits are pink, dark red, white or purplish in color, resembling cylindrical raspberries, and attract birds that love them. Requires no maintenance, pruning in spring or summer to remove dead wood and maintain habit.

Light : Full sun

Soil : Fertile, calcareous and well drained

Flowering : Spring, in May

Height : 8 - 12 meters

Width: 8 meters

Hardiness zone: Zone 4b