#soft fruit

Plant of the Day

Monday 10 February 2025

The cultivar Rubus 'Glencoe' (raspberry) was bred at the Scottish Crop Research Institute to have fruits that are a very deep purple. This is a tall-growing thornless raspberry and one plant will form a multi-stemmed clump. It is a floricane (summer bearing) variety which flowers quite early producing its harvest in midsummer on canes produced in the previous year. Here the beautiful red canes have been pruned and tied in readiness for the coming season.

The Late Duke Cherry taken from 'The Fruits of America' by C. M. Hovey.

Published 1853 by D. Appleton & Co.

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Plant of the Day

Sunday 19 November 2023

The cultivar Ribes rubrum 'Rovada' (redcurrant) is a prolific cropper of large, translucent fruit that hang on long strings which makes for easy picking. This Dutch bred variety also has great autumn colour.

Illustrations of soft fruit taken from ‘Brockhaus' Konversations-Lexikon.’

Published 1892 by F.A. Brockhaus.

Robarts - University of Toronto