Raspberries
 

Have I missed out on something?
Taken from a T & M mailing
Raspberry 'Polka' (Autumn fruiting)
Rubus idaeus
Hardy Shrub
Height: 150cm (59”). Spread: 50cm (20”).

Once established, each plant can produce up to 2.5kg of large, deep-
red berries

I have never heard of Raspberries as shrubs, I've always known them to
be canes, and with a spread oF 20" ?????
No wonder they can get almost 6 lbs of fruit from one plant.

I couldn't be T & M stretching the facts could it?
David @ the wet end of Swansea bay

Raspberries
 

Dave Hill wrote in news:9f4fc782-47a9-4a27-
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I couldn't be T & M stretching the facts could it?
David @ the wet end of Swansea bay


IMO T&M know nothing of fact, and if they did it would be stretced.

Raspberries
 

In article 9f4fc782-47a9-4a27-b8b3-62f5e3133c94
@o13g2000vbf.googlegroups.com, says...

Have I missed out on something?
Taken from a T & M mailing
Raspberry 'Polka' (Autumn fruiting)
Rubus idaeus
Hardy Shrub
Height: 150cm (59?). Spread: 50cm (20?).

Once established, each plant can produce up to 2.5kg of large, deep-
red berries

I have never heard of Raspberries as shrubs, I've always known them to
be canes, and with a spread oF 20" ?????
No wonder they can get almost 6 lbs of fruit from one plant.

I couldn't be T & M stretching the facts could it?
David @ the wet end of Swansea bay

I suspect they are talking about a mature group of canes after a few
years of growth. Remember you cut the autumn fruiting ones down in the
spring and they fruit on the new shoots, so from a single cane you can
get three of four new canes in the first year.

Given a good long season, 6lbs of fruit seems almost reasonable,
probably stretching it a bit though!

--
Roger T

700 ft up in Mid-Wales