Raspberries - one of the most popular berries in the people, except for growing in gardens, this berry can be found on forest glades and edges. The closest relative of the raspberry blackberry is also popular and very similar to raspberry. Have you heard about the spring and do you know what it is?
Boysenberry
Boysenberry - this variety is one of the best among the spring trees. This hybrid of raspberry and blackberry is quite a new variety, the berries of which have an amazing aroma and taste, superior to both raspberry and blackberry. Initially, this hybrid was prickly, with a powerful bush. Bespodnye plants are now growing, but the size and yield of these species are smaller than those of thorny crops. Fruiting ezhemalalin Boysenberry begins in late July, continues until the end of August. Berries as ripening change color from thick cherry to ink shade. The berries are glossy, large to 12 g. With one bush you can pick up to 5 kg of berries.
Did you know? Raspberry is a healing plant and one of the most delicious medicines. Our distant ancestors used for medicinal purposes not only berries, but also the stems, leaves and flowers of raspberry. Today, only lazy people do not know about the benefits of raspberry jam and the incomparable taste of raspberry tea.
Darrow
Yemalina Variety Darrow - it is a bush up to three meters high, with strong, upright, thorny stems. At a grade decorative leaves in the form of fingers. The berries are small - up to 4 g in weight, when ripe, almost black, glossy, elongated. The variety is high and the shoots are long, so that under the weight of leaves and berries, and the yield of the variety is high, the stems do not break, they need a garter. By taste, Darrow is inferior to Boysenberry, because the taste is with a certain sourness. But Darrow has excellent winter hardiness, maintaining temperatures up to -34 degrees. This allows it to grow in regions with cold weather conditions. The hybrid productivity is good: up to 10 kg of berries can be collected from one bush.
Important! For planting the trees need to pick up a plot, protected from drafts, lit, with a deep level of groundwater, with drained and nutrient soil.
Loganberry
Ezemalin Loganberry, as stated in the description of the variety, is one of the most famous hybrids of raspberry and blackberry, bred in the USA. The hybrid differs creeping bush, shoots are with prickles and without. In the variety Thornless Loganberry, the stems and petioles of the foliage, as well as the foliage itself, are pubescent with a soft pile. The foliage of the hybrid is greyish-green, with a silvery lower part of the plate. The shrub is not particularly branched, but as the number grows, the number of side shoots increases. Ripening dates are the same as those of raspberries. The berries are cone-shaped, up to 4 cm in length, and about 2 cm in diameter, the weight of the berries is up to 8 g. The taste is more like the sweetness of raspberries than blackberries, the color of the berries is also light - crimson. Brush varieties are up to six berries, with one bush can collect up to 6 kg.
Tyberry
Variety of Tyberry Trees it is distinguished by long, creeping shoots of burgundy color, with small spikes. Flowering begins in July, and ripening berries - in the second half of August. On hanging brushes - up to six almost burgundy, elongated berries. The taste of the berries is similar to raspberry, and the pleasant aroma resembles candy. The variety of Tayberry saplings has good yield indicators - 5 kg from one bush.
The main advantage of the variety is resistance to diseases. In addition, the variety grows on all types of soil. Shoots varieties need a garter to the trellis, with the need to properly position them: the stems should not overshadow each other. The hybrid responds well to the introduction of organic matter in early spring.
Attention! In regions with a cold climate, creeping varieties of saplings need to be prepared for winter. Remove the stems from the supports, lay on the ground and cover. As a covering material you can use straw, foliage, peat, and spruce branches.
Texas
Yemalina Variety Texas described as a culture suitable for growing in regions with frosty winters. The plant bears fruit and not bad even in cold summer conditions. Minus varieties - in the abundance of thorns and not too sweet taste. Plus is the yield of the variety - up to 6 kg of berries from the bush and high productivity - up to 15 years. This hybrid of blackberry with raspberry has a bush with creeping shoots, the length of which is up to 4 m. Large leaves are green at the top and whitish below. The bush blooms with fragrant large flowers, by the way, there are even thorns on the pedicel. Berries, ripening, from scarlet become saturated maroon. The taste of berries is sweet and sour.
Interesting! In the distant past, the blackberry was considered a magical plant, many pagan religions and cults of Europe used the blackberry in their rites. In everyday life, blackberries, or rather their juice, were used to dye fabrics.The hybrid of blackberry and raspberry has absorbed the best qualities of both berries. Ememalina due to its rich composition has undoubted health benefits. The composition of the berries contains such micro and macro elements as magnesium, zinc, calcium, copper, iron, potassium, in addition, vitamins B, K, PP and E. Regular consumption of berries will saturate the body with almost all the substances it needs.