Sam wrote:

I would like to grow some raspberries but there are so many summer
varieties that I am confused which one(s) to choose.

Not the only one. I've grown

Malling Jewel, and it was fine for jams and just ok for eating fresh.

Leo it has a wonderful taste, the best tasting commercial variety
I've tasted, but seems suseptible to disease

Everest, a yellow variety. Disappointing.

I also grow my own from seed. Some of the best tasting raspberries are
ones I've found in the wild.

I grow autmn rasps Autumn bliss and Fall Gold (aka All gold). Both are
excellent croppers and Autumn Bliss can be a good taste.

If you prune autumn fruiting rasps as per summer varieties you can get
some very early crops. I usually have fresh raspberries from Mid June to
November - december if lucky.

I read the book "the fruit expert" but unfortunately half the
raspberries he lists aren't in the shops and half the ones in the
shops, aren't in the book!

I am confused because in the book he is not too fond of Glen Moy,
saying the taste is only so-so and it is susceptible to virus. He says
Glen Clova is a resistant improvement on GM. However the garden
centres and catalogues are full of Glen Moy and they seem to claim the
opposite, saying they are aphid and virus resistant. So who is right?
Are G Moy and G clova good choices?

As I understand it the advantage with these is that they are early
varieties. I'm just as confused about the main crops because so few
are mentioned in the book. Glen ample seems to be popular in the
catalogues and shops but is not mentioned in the book. then there are
all the Malling varieties to consider...

What are your opinions on which to grow? Which store or freeze well?

When it comes to autumn raspberries that seems simpler because most
places only offer autumn gold and autumn bliss. I read some old posts
here that don't seem to like autumn bliss; why?

Thanks.