Close to the raspberry is the tayberry. I bought one as a gift for a
neighbour last week after being very impressed by what the nurseryman
told me about it. But as I have never grown tayberries myself and not
seen Tayberry Jam in the shops, I'ld be interested to know of people's
experiences. Is it as great as those selling it claim it to be?

Eddy.

In article ,
Eddy writes:
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| Close to the raspberry is the tayberry. I bought one as a gift for a
| neighbour last week after being very impressed by what the nurseryman
| told me about it. But as I have never grown tayberries myself and not
| seen Tayberry Jam in the shops, I'ld be interested to know of people's
| experiences. Is it as great as those selling it claim it to be?

I am growing one for the first time, but it's just another bramble
hybrid. Don't get me wrong - many of those are first-class - but
it's not much different from a loganberry or boysenberry in quality.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

On Jan 3, 8:53*pm, Chris J Potts wrote:
Hello all,

We have a new allotment, and it has a patch of very neglected raspberry
canes. *I am used to a variety of rasp which fruits on last years wood
which then dies and is pruned out completely, but the the canes in the
new allotment are different. *They are huge in comparison, 8 to 10 foot
high, and they have obviously fruited on the last years growth, but only
on the top foot or so, there is *also lots of dead wood from earlier
years. *Can you tell me from this description what variety they might
be, and should I prune the last years growth (on the assumption that
this is a variety which fruits on the current years growth)?

Thanks for any help,

All the best,

Chris Potts

I believe that Kay grows tayberries, I seem to remember seeing some in
her garden years ago.

Judith

Eddy wrote:
Close to the raspberry is the tayberry. I bought one as a gift for a
neighbour last week after being very impressed by what the nurseryman
told me about it. But as I have never grown tayberries myself and not
seen Tayberry Jam in the shops, I'ld be interested to know of people's
experiences. Is it as great as those selling it claim it to be?

Eddy.


Pretty good eaten raw and makes great jam. Yo get quite a crop from one
plant.


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CTC Right to Ride Rep. for Richmond upon Thames

DaleR wrote:




Last winter I planted 6 early, 6 mid and 6 late fruiting raspberries in
a single row. I thought I had taken a note of the sequence, but am now
confused. I thought I might get some clues as to which were which when
they fruited but didn't. In the autumn I pruned out all canes that had
fruited. I understand I should now be pruning the autumn variety down
to the ground. How can I tell which is the Autumn variety?


In principle it is the variety that hasn't made (much) regrowth yet
after cutting out the fruited canes.

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CTC Right to Ride Rep. for Richmond upon Thames

Dale,
You have done the right thing removing the fruiting canes.
But from the canes left, you can't tell. If you have some unfruited
autumn canes present they will just fruit earlier - Early August may
be.
At the end of the day it doesn't matter.
The idea of cutting the fruited autumn canes down is that they produce
a poor crop if left in place, so its better to remove and crop of
unfruited canes.
Hope that makes sense
Clifford
Bawtry, Doncaster, South Yorkshire.

cliff_the_gardener wrote:
Dale,
You have done the right thing removing the fruiting canes.
But from the canes left, you can't tell. If you have some unfruited
autumn canes present they will just fruit earlier - Early August may
be.

My experience is they fruit very early - mid/end of June. I always leave
one or two canes that didn't autumn fruit (or only at the very tip)
especially to get them very early the following June.

At the end of the day it doesn't matter.
The idea of cutting the fruited autumn canes down is that they produce
a poor crop if left in place, so its better to remove and crop of
unfruited canes.

They only provide a poor crop if they have fruited significantly down
the cane.

In article , (Nick
Maclaren) wrote:

Don't get me wrong - many of those are first-class - but
it's not much different from a loganberry or boysenberry in quality.

Tayberry is sweeter though and is nice eaten raw in my experience.

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