Raspberries


We grow 1800 feet of raspberry rows, covering about 1/3 of an acre. Our first planting was in 1986, with a test planting of 9 cultivars. Over the years, we have discarded some poor cultivars and planted new ones. We still are growing 9 red cultivars:

Boyne Chilcoltin Willamette Tulameen Malahat Qualicum Autumn Bliss* Heritage* Redwing*

We are also growing 2 black raspberry cultivars: Jewel and Black Mac. Nobody likes all the spines on the plants, but I really love the flavour and colour!

*These cultivars are fall-bearing raspberries. However, we harvest a summer crop from them to extend our summer season, both earlier and later. This practice also forces the fall crop to begin about 3 weeks earlier, so we can harvest before the major risk of fall frosts. This technique stretches our season from July through to first frost - almost 4 months of delicious raspberries!

We use trellises to keep the production area higher (our pickers like this!), and use trickle irrigation to maintain production over several weeks.

For more information on raspberries:

See our Recipe File
Ontario Berry Growers Association Raspberry Facts
British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture and Food Raspberry page

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