Mary Fisher wrote:

"Jim Jackson" wrote in message
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Yesterday I picked my first raspberries, a few All Gold and Autumn
Bliss(*) - the earliest I can remember. There was even one Tayberry ripe
too.

Jim

* - I leave a few (mainly-)unfruited canes when I prune down my autumn
fruiting raspberries in January. They alsways seem to come earlier than my
summer varieties, but not previously this early.

Where are you? Only a few of ours have finished flowering!

East Ardsley, near Wakefield.