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Apple, Dwarf Red Delicious
red dwarf apple
this deciduous apple has a great "right off the tree" taste with its juicy, sweet, crisp and aromatic flavor. great for salads and sides. it needs at least 6-8 hours of sunlight to flower , harvest time between sept and oct. pollinate with a yellow deloicious for best results.

Apple, Fuji
Fuji apples have it all--super sweet, super juicy and super crisp. What a great snacking apple! Fuji apples are aromatic, sweet, juicy and crisp with a firm texture. The Fuji’s appearance varies from yellow-green with red highlights to mostly red. The Fuji’s spicy, crisp sweetness gives it exceptional eating quality. The Fuji is excellent for fresh salads, and is quickly becoming an apple with a large consumer audience. Zones 5-8.

Apple, Gala
The Gala apple blends modern and old-fashioned parentage. The Gala matures to a bright overall red color, with bold red stripes over a yellow background. The fruit is firm, juicy, fine textured, with a yellow white flesh. The Gala is sweet, with a slightly tart flavor. It is a highly coveted apple by the consumer, with great bouquet, flavor and color. It is aromatic with a very sweet flavor and it has a crisp and firm texture. The Gala ripens early and stores very well (shelf life-6 months in regular storage). The Gala, a fresh fruit delight, is very much in demand for fresh salads and it's got the mild flavor that "picky eaters" prefer and a striking bright yellow-red color that attracts the eye! Zones 5-8.

Apple, Granny Smith
Granny Smith apples are a deep green with an occasional pink blush of the cheeks. Test the firmness of the apple by holding it in the palm of your hand. (Do not push with your thumb). It should feel solid and heavy, not soft and light. These apples may be less attractive, but the flesh is still good to eat after cutting. Large waxy, grass green fruit. 500-600 hours chill. they can withstand alot of heat best for an area with full sun. the best when planted with a pollinator of these varieties most crabapples, other early blooming apples.
they can grow up to 12-14' and have a spred of up to 14". the leaves are a deep green and the flower color will be white. they also bloom very early in the spring. there growth rate is relitivly fast. they prefer acidic, moist, and well drained soils.the apples are large to very large , and they will be a dark green and mostly tart but they can be sweet if left on the tree untill november. they grow best in zones 5-9.

Apple, Jonathan
jonathan apple (malus domestica)
this is an old time desert apple. it has a sweet, red flushed crisp apple great for freezing and cooking.its not very drought tolerant, and it needs at least 6-8 hours of sunlight daily. for best results polinate with a lodi or a yellow delicious. it does best nov. thru jan.

Apple, Red Delicious
red delicious apple (malus x domestica)
this beautiful apple was originally known as the hawk eye variety. they are great for salads because of texture, shape and the deep red color. they are generally harvested sept thru oct, pollinate with a lodi or yellow delicious for best results. they are not drought tolerant! they also need at least 6-8 hours of direct sunlight a day.they prefer moist, well drained soil. this apple tree will grow up to at least ten feet tall and will spread any where from ten to twenty-five feet wide. the fruit will be a dark red, large, solid with a fine grained, crisp, juicy white flesh. its a sweet apple with low acidity.the leaves are simple course-vained, darkgreen that have a toothed margin and alternate on the twig. the blooms will be a pinkish-white bloom that lasts from early to mid season. they have a very fast growth rate and are a very good choice of apples for any pies, tarts or just when you feel the need for a healthy snack.

Apple, Winesap
Apple, Stayman Winesap
Malus x domestica

A large red apple that is the most popular winter keeper with a tart, rich, wine like flavor. This Variety is a triploid, So, it cannot pollinate other apple trees. (Pollinate with Lodi, Red Delicious, or Yellow Delicious) Hardy zones 5 - 8. The Stayman Winesap Apple grows to be 10'-25' feet in height and has a spread of about 10' - 25' at full maturity. This tree has a relatively slow growth rate. The Stayman Winesap Apple grows best in moist, well drained soils and is best in full sun. It is not drought tolerant. Blooms Mid season. A triploid, the pollen is sterile. The fruit is medium to large, round to cone shaped with a dull red color and crisp, juicy, yellowish flesh. Harvested in mid to late October.

Apple, Yellow Delicious
yellow delicious apple (aalus x domestica)
this large yellow apple ripens late sept thru oct is great for pies, suaces, and preserves. not drought tolerate. pollinate with lodi, jonathan, or red delicious.needs 6-8 hours of sunlight daily.

Blackberry, Thornless
Arapho Thorn less blackberry - This release from Arkansas produces larger fruit and higher yields than any of the other previously released Arkansas thorn less blackberry cultivars.
The Arapho fruit are blocky and conical with a very attractive glossy black color.
Arapaho and Navaho have been successfully grown in Zones: 5-8
Flowering: Blooming Fruiting: Fruit Growth Rate: Fast growth rate Light requirements: Full Sun Plant Group: Shrub Plant Type: Deciduous Plant Zone: Zone 5,- Zone 8 Size at Maturity: 4 - 5 ft

Blueberry, Climax
The Climax Blueberry has a purplish-blue berry that ripens at once. The plant is highly regarded as a commercial variety that can be gathered by a mechanical harvester. Many thousands of acres have been planted from Georgia to Texas for the commercial market and supermarket trade. The Climax Blueberry ripens almost suddenly and instantly! Climax Blueberry waffles make a delicious and unique breakfast treat.

Blueberry, Premier Blueray
Blueberry- Premier
A Rabbiteye variety that has a very large, light blue, high quality fruit. The bush will grow to 2-3m tall. Bright green foliage during summer make it an ideal hedging variety. Require Climax for cross pollinate. H Nov - Dec
These varieties of blueberries perform well in warm conditions and provide a good bounty of berries. To grow successfully provide organic matter and ample moisture along with a soil pH of 5.5, also ideal for azaleas. Blueberries make excellent potted specimens provided 25% of Peat Moss is added to the potting mix. Potted plants are a great gardening project for Children who delight in harvesting the fruit. Low chill varieties such as 'Misty' and 'Sharpblue' can be pruned after cropping to induce a second crop that will ensure a supply of delicious fruit throughout the year.
Blueberries apart from being delicious have many fantastic health benefits. They are extremely high in antioxidants, and have anti-inflammatory properties, as well as lowering cholesterol in the blood, it is also claimed that they improve motor skills, balance and co-ordination in elderly people. The longer the fruits are left on the bush to mature the greater the health benefits are so if you can beat the birds leave the fruits to the last minute to pick.

Blueberry, Tiffblue
Blueberry: Tifblue Blueberry - Vaccinium ashei 'Tifblue'
This is the best known and most popular variety for commercial and home garden production. The berries are large with a light-blue color and a delicious sweet flavor. Tifblue is fine for blueberry syrup on pancakes, fresh eating or preserves. At maturity an unpruned tree will grow 15 feet tall
Zone 7 to zone 9

Cherry, Bing
Cherry, Bing
Prunus avium
A large tree with a spreading canopy. Standard trees may reach up to 70' tall, but normally will be 20' -35' tall with equal spread. The foliage is dark green and smooth. The smooth, glossy, reddish bark is studded with short, horizontal, corky stripes. Fragrant, white flowers, 1-1 1/2" in diameter are borne in clusters of 2-5 on short, woody spurs. The large, heart-shaped fruit has firm, meaty, purple-red flesh with a semi-free stone. Bing cherry is especially sensitive to local site conditions. The best growth is in light, sandy soil that is well drained, but receives adequate rain or irrigation through dry periods. At least 6-8 hours of daily sunlight are needed. The fruit is somewhat susceptible to cracking. Sweet cherry culture is most successful in cooler, drier climates where the danger of late frost is limited, and rain does not fall during harvest. Plant early in the season, because leaf buds open early and the roots are slower than those in many trees to get established. Successful pollination is necessary for a good crop. This requires a compatible variety that blossoms at the same time as the Bing cherry. Suggested cultivars are Black Republican, Sam, Black Tartarian, Schmidt, Cavalier, Stella, Gold, Van, Heidelfingen, Vega, Montmorency, Vista, Ranier, and Windsor. Standard trees will produce fruit in 5-6 years, and a mature tree will provide up to 50-100 pounds of cherries per year. Dead, weak or unnecessary branches can be pruned annually in late winter or early spring. Otherwise, little or no pruning is needed. (zones 5-8)

Cherry, Montmorency
Montmorency Cherry
The Montmorency cherry is the most popular tart cherry in America and it is the classic pie cherry tree. Montmorency cherries have proven over the years to be outstanding for cooking, pie-making and preserves.
The tree ripens the fruit in June and grows about 15 feet tall.
The Montmorency cherry tree is self fertile and produces medium sized, dark red, cherries with good flavor and quality. Flesh is clear and yellow in color.
Pollinator Required: No Sun Exposure:Full SunType: standard Bloom Period: Early May Characteristics: sour Will Produce Fruit In 3-5 years Mature Height: 20 feet Harvest Period: Early July Support Required: No Soil Type: all types Zones:4 - 8

concord grape
Concord
America's favorite grape!
Heavy production of rich purplish-black grapes with distinctive blue "bloom." Tops for jelly, jam and juice. Concord ripens in late Sept. and skins slip off easily for processing. No. 1, 1-yr. vines.
Versatile and fast growing, a grapevine can bear in just 2 years. One vine requires about 8 ft. of trellis or fence, with each plant producing on average about 15 lbs. of fruit per year. All grapes are self-pollinating. In disease-prone areas, consider Mars Seedless, America, Cayuga, Cynthiana and Steuben. All have excellent resistance to most grape diseases

Fig, Brown Turkey
Family: Moraceae
Genus: Ficus (FY-kus) (Info)
Species: carica (KAIR-ih-kuh) (Info)
Cultivar: Brown Turkey
Additional cultivar information: (aka California Brown Turkey, San Pedro, San Piero)Category:Shrubs
Height:10-30 ft. (6-9 m)Spacing:12-30 ft. (6-9 m)Hardiness:USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7° C (0° F)USDA Zone 11: above 4.5° C (40° F)Sun Exposure:Full SunDanger:Handling plant may cause skin irritation or allergic reactionBloom Color:Inconspicuous/noneBloom Time:Mid SpringFoliage:Grown for foliageOther details:
Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater

Fig, Celeste
These trees are often found at abandoned farmhouses still bearing fruit after years of neglect. This medium sized yellow fig is easy to grow with a minimum of care and is good when cooked hardy in zones 7-11. looks almost similar to the brown turkey fig but the fruit are totally different in size and color.

goose berry
goose berry

Growth Habit: Gooseberries are deciduous shrubs, fast growing under optimum conditions to 3 feet tall and 6 feet wide. The plant is suitable for training as a standard. American types have weeping stems that will root wherever they touch the ground and can be invasive. Annual growth is in a single flush in spring. The roots are superficial, fine and easily damaged by frequent cultivation.

Foliage: The buds perk up early in the spring, dotting the stems with green when most other plants are still tawny. The leaves are alternate, single, deeply lobed, and glossy dark green (European types), or pale to gray-green and sometimes finely pubescent (American types). The stems are thin, becoming woody, with a large thorn at each axil. American gooseberry stems are densely bristly, with one or more additional thorns at each axil. Leaf size and number are reduced under heat or light stress, and are easily burned by intense sunlight. Plants that have been subject to drought may make a new growth flush after deep irrigation. If the roots are lost, regrowth will wait until the following spring

Flowers: The inconspicuous flowers, green with pink flushed petals, open in early spring. They are borne laterally on one-year old wood and on short spurs of older wood. The flowers are self-fertile and pollinated by wind and insects, including bees. Each flower bud opens to yield from one to four flowers, depending on cultivar.

Fruit: The fruit, borne singly or in pairs at the axils, is a berry with many minute seeds at the center. A gooseberry may be green, white (gray-green), yellow, or shades of red from pink to purple to almost black. Fruits of the European gooseberry may be very large, like a small plum, but are usually 1 inch long, less in width. American gooseberry fruits are smaller (to 1/2 inch), perfectly round, all becoming pink to wine-red at maturity. Skin color is most intense in full sunlight. Berries generally drop when overripe. The fruit has a flavor all its own, the best dessert cultivars as luscious as the best apple, strawberry or grape.

Location: Gooseberries like morning sun, afternoon part-shade and buoyant air circulation. They are most productive in full sunlight but the leaves sunburn easily under California conditions. They can be grown in the high shade of fruit trees such as persimmon or on the north side of buildings. American gooseberry are much more sun tolerant. Plants collapse quickly when soil or air temperature exceeds 85° F.

Soil: Gooseberry plants are less finicky about soil acidity than most other small fruits, and tolerate a wide range of soils, except those that are waterlogged. Where summers are hot, bushes will grow better and produce better fruit in heavier soils, which retain more moisture and stay cooler. A thick mulch of some organic material also helps keep the soil cool. Sandy soils are less suitable for gooseberries because they dry out too fast.

mras seedless grape
Mars Seedless Grape
Big, Disease-Resistant Blue
U.S Pat No. 5680. Delicious for fresh eating or processing, these large, tight-clustered blue grapes ripen in August. Vigorous vines with stand powdery mildew and black rot. Self-pollinating and vigorous, grapevines have been known to produce excellent crops for well over 30 years.

Muscadine, Scuppernong
The Carlos Scuppernong grape vine's fruit ripens mid season, ripens uniformly, bronze color, small fruit size, heavy producer. The scuppernong is the best bronze for wine making. Five year old Carlos vines have produced up to 100 pounds of fruit each.
zones 6-9

Muscandines, Cowart
The best adapted muscadine for half-dollar sized fruits with an excellent flavor. The Male Cowart Muscadine grape vine is grown in large commercial vineyards, very productive and ripens early.
The Male Cowart Muscadine Grape vine produces juicy muscadine fruit.
Horses and other wildlife love the muscadine produced by the Male Cowart Muscadine Grape vine.
The Male Cowart Muscadine grape vine produced a muscadine with colors ranging from deep purple to nearly black.
zones6-9

Muscandines, Noble
The muscadine of the Male Noble Muscadine Grape vine ripens from early to mid-season. The muscadine is excellent for red table wine. Large clusters of medium size.The Male Noble Muscadine grape vine produces large clusters of muscadine fruit.
The muscadine of the Male Noble Muscadine grape vine have a long shelf-life in markets.
The extracts from the seed of the muscadine from the Male Noble Muscadine grape vine have great benefits to your health.
zones 6-9

Necturine, Sure Crop
necturine sure crop (prunus persica)
this beautiful fast growing tree prefers sandy soil. the flowers bloom in the late winter for a mid season harvest, the flowers are generally white to a pink color. you must prune this tree it is necessary. the fruit is best for cooking canning or fresh off the tree. it only bears fruit every 2-4 yaers.

niagra grape
niagra grape

Peach, Belle of Georgia
Peach, Belle of Georgia
Large fruit with brilliant red flowering. Very firm and highly flavored. White flesh, freestone. Fruit trees need a minimum of 6-8 hours sunlight daily, and need water. They are not drought tolerant. (Self-pollinating) (zones 5-8)The Belle of Georgia Peach grows to be 15' - 25' feet in height.
The Belle of Georgia Peach has a spread of about 8' - 20' at full maturity. The standard grows to 20', and dwarf grows to 8' - 10' in height. This tree grows at a fast growth rate. [More about this.] This peach does well in full sun.The Belle of Georgia Peach grows in sandy, well drained soils.This peach has rounded shape. this tree has Large fruit with brilliant red flowering. Very firm and highly flavored. White flesh, freestone. Fruit trees need a minimum of 6-8 hours sunlight daily, and need water. They are not drought tolerant. (Self-pollinating) (zones 5-8)

Peach, Elberta
Peach, Elberta
Most popular of all peaches. This yellow freestone is juicy, ideal for eating, canning and freezing. Fruit trees need a minimum of 6-8 hours sunlight daily, and need water. They are not drought tolerant. (Self-pollinating) (zones 5-9)The Elberta Peach grows to be 15' - 25' feet in height.The Elberta Peach has a spread of about 8' - 20' at full maturity. The standard grows to 20', and dwarf grows to 8' - 10' in height.This tree grows at a fast growth rate. [More about this.] This peach does well in full sun.
The Elberta Peach grows in sandy, well drained soils.This peach has rounded shape.
this ia the Most popular of all peaches. This yellow freestone is juicy, ideal for eating, canning and freezing. Fruit trees need a minimum of 6-8 hours sunlight daily, and need water. They are not drought tolerant. (Self-pollinating) (zones 5-9)

Peach, Red Globe
The Red Globe Peach has a very large, round fruit with yellow flesh that has excellent flavor. This red skinned peach has one of the finest flavors ever developed. The exceptional quality makes it a highly desirable commercial peach. The very large peaches are ripe in June, and the trees are highly productive and vigorous.A highly blushed red over a golden background color, it is one the most attractive peaches of its season. It has good quality and firmness.Guaranteed Height:3 feetSun Exposure Full Sun Type semi dwarf Bloom Period N/A Characteristics freestone Will Produce Fruit In 3-5 years Mature Height 12-14 feet Harvest Period Mid Aug Support Required No Soil Type all types Zones 5 - 9

Peach, Redhaven
redhaven peach
this heavy bearing, cold hardy peach resists leaf spot and bears spectacular fruit.its firm creamy yellow flesh make this fuit great for snacks, canning or freezing. it will not produce fruit for the first 3-5 years it needs 6-8 hours of full sun for best results. you can harvest the fruit late july.

Pear, Bartlette
bartlette pear (pyrus communis)
this european pear has large, smooth, yellow fruit with juicy white flesh. the friut is juicy, sweet and it ripens usually around sept but dont allow fruit to ripen on the tree. pollinate with any other pear tree.

Pear, Keifer
Pyrus communis x P. pyrifolia
Pear 'Kiefer' - standard
Size: Rate: Slow
Exposure: Sun Zone: 4
Hardy and vigorous pear treee with large yellow fruit that has a crimson red blush. Flesh is coarse and crispy. Great for canning and baking and making pear honey! Bears fruit young. Very disease resistant. Self-fruitful.

Pear, Moonglow
Moonglow Pear - Soft and juicy, but never mushy, this blight-resistant Bartlett-type pear is a perennial favorite. Moonglow is a strong pollinator for most other pear varieties. Excellent for fresh use of canning. Hardy, blight resistant. Ripens late August. 5 foot, Zone 5 to 8 Flowering: Blooming Fruiting: Fruit Growth Rate: Moderate growth rate Light requirements: Full Sun Plant Group: Tree Plant Type: Deciduous Plant Zone: Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8 Size at Maturity: 10 - 20 ft Size at time of shipping: Five foot, 7/16" caliper

Pear, Orient
orient pear (pyrus communis)
this beautiful specimen tree has a juicy, mild flavor with yellow fruit that grows best in heavy moist soil that is well drained. the fruit is great for canning or just eating off the plant it also has a creamy melting flesh. it is sensative to salty soil, and needs 6-8 hours of sunlight a day for best results

Pecan
Pecans (Carya illinoensis) will grow in almost any soil in South Carolina, except poorly drained soil, hardpan or stiff clays, or thin sands with a high water table. Pecans are recommended for home landscapes from the Coastal Plains to the Piedmont but are not recommended for the mountains because of reduced yields due to late freezes. Air drainage is not so important for pecans as for other tree fruits, but avoid setting pecan trees in areas where there is no free air movement. Good air movement hastens leaf-drying and lowers humidity, reducing the chance for diseases to occur.
When selecting a site in the landscape, consider the eventual spread of the tree. Spacing pecan trees at least 40 feet apart will provide sufficient room for future growth. Do not plant low-growing, shade-tolerant shrubs under the pecan trees, as these will compete for moisture and nutrients. Ideal cover under a landscape tree would be some type of lawn grass suitable for that area.
The pecan is monoecious, that is, the male (catkin or staminate flower) and female (pistillate flower) flowers are borne separately at different locations on the same tree. The female flowers are borne in clusters near the ends of current season’s shoots in the spring. The catkins are borne on the base of the shoot and along the length of the supporting 1-year-old wood.
Pecans are pollinated by the wind. When the catkins mature, huge quantities of pollen are shed, which increase the chances that the windblown pollen will land on the stigmas of the female flowers. Should the catkins mature before or after the female flower is receptive, pollination does not occur. The fruits develop only after the female flowers are pollinated and the ovules are fertilized by male cells from the pollen.

Plum, Burbank
Plum, Burbank
Prunus salicina
The Burbank plum is a Japanese plum cultivar. The branches fork frequently, spread low and wide giving a flat topped appearance, and often droop. The foliage is bright green. The white flowers have five oval petals in umbrel-like clusters of 2-3 on short spurs, and solitary or 2-3 in axils of one year old wood. They bloom early making them susceptible to late frost. Fruiting begins in 2-4 years. The skin of the plums is red-purple with a yellow blush, and the amber flesh is firm, juicy, and sweet. The fruit ripens in July to August. It is best when picked before fully ripe. Burbank plum prefers non-alkaline, sandy loam soils with good drainage. The site should be sunny and free of early frost. Rainfall and high humidity during the growing season can reduce production by accentuating diseases and cause fruit cracking. Plums require minimal pruning which should be done after flowering when the tree is still leafless. In the formative years, pruning can be to remove interior branches, water sprouts, growing scaffold branches, and dead, damaged, or diseased wood. In maturity, vigorous upright shoots are removed as fruiting increasingly occurs on spurs on older wood. Japanese plums do best when trained to an open center and need thinning for proper fruit development. Plant with another variety of Japanese plum for pollination. (zones 5-9)

Plum, Methley
Plum, Methley
Prunus salicina
A cultivar of Japanese plum, Methley is a small, upright, spreading tree. Japanese plum trees have a rougher bark and more persistant spurs than European plums. They also are more vigorous, disease resistant, and produce more flowers. They tolerate heat and need only a short period of winter dormancy. The early bloom time makes them susceptible to late spring frosts. The foliage is bright green. The white flowers are borne mostly in umbel-like clusters of 2-3 on short spurs, and solitary or 2-3 in axils of 1-yr-old wood. Blooms appear as early as February covered in snow..Fruiting begins in 2-4 years. Methley plum produces heavy, annual crops of juicy, sweet, red purple fruit that ripens from late May to early July. One crop requires several pickings. Japanese plums can be picked before they are completely ripe, since they will finish ripening off the tree. Methley is self fertile and serves as a good pollinator for early bearing Japanese varieties. Japanese and European plums cannot cross-pollinate each other, because they have different numbers of chromosomes. The growth rate is 15-20 inches per year. Plums require minimal pruning which should be done after flowering when the tree is still leafless. In the formative years, pruning can be to remove interior branches, water sprouts, growing scaffold branches, and dead, damaged, or diseased wood. In maturity, vigorous upright shoots are removed as fruiting increasingly occurs on spurs on older wood. Japanese plums do best when trained to an open center and need thinning for proper fruit development. (zones 5-9)

Plum, Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa Plum - Early season. S.R. is a medium large, crimson to purplish red, lightly freckled plum with yellow flesh slightly suffused with pink especially near the pit. The fruit is firm, sweet, juicy, and aromatic. The fruit is firm and of good quality. One of the most frequently planted Japanese plums. It is a self pollinating tree and thus can be planted in locations where pollination is not needed.
Fruit buds are susceptible to winter injury in northern climates. It is excellent to use for home drying along with its fresh taste when ripe. Zones: 4-9 Flowering: Blooming Fruiting: Fruit Growth Rate: Fast growth rate Plant Group: Tree Plant Type: Deciduous Plant Zone: Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8 Size at Maturity: 10 - 20 ft Size at time of shipping: two year old plants, three to five foot

Raspberry, Black
black Raspberries grow best in rich,well-drained soil with a pH 6.0 to 6.5. They benefit from supplemental compost and manure. They should NOT be planted in an area where eggplants, peppers, potatoes or tomatoes have been grown within three years, because they are susceptible to verticicillium wilt which is associated with those plants.
New plants should be set in the soil about 2 inches deeper than they were originally growing. They should be planted in late fall or early spring about 2 to 2 1/2 feet apart in rows which are spaced about 7 to 8 feet apart. After planting, cut the canes back to 4 inches, leaving the stubs to mark the rows until new sprouts appear. Newly planted summer bearing raspberries should be left alone for the first year to establish themselves, and then cut back to 3-5 canes per plant when the buds begin to show in the following spring.

Care and cultivation
Raspberry plants should be fed in early spring by scattering all purpose 10-10-10 fertilizer around them at the rate of 1 pound per 10 feet of row. They must not be allowed to dry out during flowering and fruiting. In spring, shorten the canes to 3 feet, forcing the growth into lateral side branches which are trained along support wires.. After they produce fruit, the spent canes are cut back to the ground. With ever bearing varieties the second crop is produced on canes which sprout in the spring, these canes shouldn't be cut back until they produce fruit the following spring. Never cut off the new canes which haven't produced yet, they will produce the next years crop. Raspberries are easily propagated by tip layering (pin the tip of the cane to the ground, where it will root, then once rooted you may sever the new start from the parent plant), or from sucker growths which spring up around the parent plant.

Raspberry, Red
red Raspberries grow best in rich,well-drained soil with a pH 6.0 to 6.5. They benefit from supplemental compost and manure. They should NOT be planted in an area where eggplants, peppers, potatoes or tomatoes have been grown within three years, because they are susceptible to verticicillium wilt which is associated with those plants.
New plants should be set in the soil about 2 inches deeper than they were originally growing. They should be planted in late fall or early spring about 2 to 2 1/2 feet apart in rows which are spaced about 7 to 8 feet apart. After planting, cut the canes back to 4 inches, leaving the stubs to mark the rows until new sprouts appear. Newly planted summer bearing raspberries should be left alone for the first year to establish themselves, and then cut back to 3-5 canes per plant when the buds begin to show in the following spring.

Last Modified: Friday, March 21, 2008