Raspberry Heritage: Description
Raspberry “Heritage” – remontant, berries are transportable. It has a sweetish taste, suitable for both an independent dessert and for preservation, freezing or drying.
The shape of the berry is classic conical. The color of ripe fruits is dark red. The weight of one berry is about 4-4,5 grams. The main difference from other varieties is the pleasant aroma and density of the berries.
Raspberry “Heritage” is suitable for jam, jam and can be served as a separate dish
Even fully ripe berries can remain on the bush for about 7 days without spoiling. In waterlogged soil, the berries become larger, but the sweetness disappears. An average of 2,5-3 kg is removed from one bush. With intensive feeding, weeding, you can get from 5 kg. Since this variety is remontant, more than one crop can be harvested. Typically, Heritage produces 2 bountiful harvests. One in the summer, at the beginning of July, the second at the end of August. The most recent berries can be removed at the end of September, the berries are resistant to cold snaps.
Description of the raspberry bush “Heritage”
The bush reaches a height of 1,6 m. The fruits are located mainly at the end of the branches, because of this, the bush needs a garter. A garter in a few steps will be optimal. The first one is at a height of 70 cm, each following after 30 cm. The thorns in the shoots are thick, pointed, which makes it difficult to collect raspberries without tying them up. The leaves are combined into small branches of 3 pcs. The color of the foliage is dark green, at the end the leaves are darker, pointed.
An interesting feature of the Heritage raspberry variety is its inability to reproduce by shoots. Unlike regular raspberries, which propagate only by shoots, Heritage remontant raspberries can share root shoots or new bushes.
Watering remontant raspberries is carried out drip or under the root. Irrigation of leaves, fruits and stems should be avoided
Pruning can be carried out both completely, at the root, and partially, as for ordinary raspberries. Root pruning takes place after the first frost, until this time the roots feed on vitamins that come from the leaves and stems. In this form, the Heritage raspberry variety tolerates the most severe frosts well. Incomplete pruning requires bending the remaining branches to the ground to keep them from frost. In the spring, re-pruning is carried out, dry branches and some young shoots are removed to prevent thickening of the bush.
Repaired raspberries will yield a bountiful harvest in the driest year and will not require specific growing conditions.