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Old 29-06-2005, 07:57 AM
Alan Gould
 
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In article , Miss Perspicacia
Tick writes

I knew they were early fruiting, but late June does seem excessively early!
I thought early fruiters didn't really begin to get going until end of
July/middle of August (but what do I know...?)


We are picking average sized raspberries from an unknown variety which
fruits in June, then again in August. When the 'June' canes are
finished, we cut them out. By that time the later canes are developing
to give a huge crop of very large berries in August. When those are
finished, we prune them to about half length, to fruit again in the
following June. This 'triple' cropping is contrary to all we've ever
understood raspberries to do, but we are delighted with the result.

FWIW, we are also now cropping courgettes outside and shallots, both 2-3
weeks earlier than expected. We have dwarf French beans cropping in a
greenhouse, but our healthy and vigorously flowering climbing French
beans seem not to be pollinating. I give them a spray mist each day, and
plenty of fresh air, but they remain dormant.

Some you win, some you don't!
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Alan & Joan Gould - North Lincs.