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Heritage Red Raspberry Bareroot

Species: Rubus sp.

History: Heritage raspberries were developed by Cornell University in New York and introduced in 1969. It is one of the most widely grown raspberry varieties in the world due to the quality of its fruit and its extended bearing season. This variety is considered the standard for everbearing varieties and in 2004 it even received the Outstanding Fruit Cultivar Award from the American Society of Horticultural Sciences.

Why We Grow It: On top of the accolades mentioned above, these medium-sized red berries can also be harvested within the first year! You can enjoy them fresh or in baked goods, or freeze, dry, or preserve them to enjoy in the winter months. We find these to be sweeter than Nova, but with a milder flavour and slightly crumbly texture. The canes are thorny so exercise caution when working around this variety! You can cut down the canes in the winter for a large fall crop, or enjoy a more spread out crop from June to September. We have found cutting the patch down annually also helps with borer problems.

The second product photo shows Nova (right) compared to Heritage (left).

The third photo shows a Heritage and Nova raspberry tart Steph made!

$6.00

Size:

44 in stock

Fruit Traits:

Recommended Use: Fresh eating, freezing, baking, drying, preserving

Fruit Size: Medium

Storage: Keeps less than a week when stored in the fridge

Harvest: Summer

Tree Traits:

Canadian Hardiness Zone: 3

Soil Preferance: Loam and sandy loam, prefers soils that are moist but well-drained. Do not plant raspberries in soil where tomatoes, eggplants, potatoes, peppers, and/or strawberries were grown in the last five years due to the risk that soil diseases from these plants could affect raspberries.

Flowering Time:

Pollination Requirements: Self-pollinating, this variety will produce fruit without a different raspberry variety but will produce more and better fruit if one is present

Sun/Shade Requirements: Full sun (approx. 8-10 hours of sun daily)

General Growth Habit: Canes get about 1m tall, vigorous and hardy with an upright and spreading growth habit. Generally disease resistant. Harvest June to September.

Shipping: Every year we ship thousands of plants across Canada. We carefully bag roots in damp sawdust, then box them and send them out via courier. CLICK HERE to see our shipping policy.

Pick-up: We also have thousands of trees picked up from our nursery each year. The pick-up options is free, though you must wait until you have been emailed a confirmation that your order is ready to pick up, which will have further information such as hours, locations, etc.

Un-grafted plants (berries, seedlings and vines) are graded by year. We follow industry standard. Species specific details will soon be updated to give you a clearer idea of size, as there can be a very large variation by species.

Heritage Red Raspberry

Heritage Red Raspberry Bareroot

$6.00

$6.00

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