Atherton raspberry (forum)

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Our 5 year old Atherton Raspberry plant produced a bowl of good sized fruit daily last Winter and Spring but now it's just very leafy. Is this (Summer) a good time to cut the canes back to just above the ground? It gets get out if we dont prune it....thanks

Time: 6th February 2011 1:41pm

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amanda says...
Hi KMP - I don't know when to prune them - but just wanted to ask you what u thought of taste etc...?

Time: 6th February 2011 5:21pm

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KMP says...
Hi Amanda- fruit is less flavoursome than the European varieties; sweet when allowed to ripen and really 'puff up' and more tart if you pick when small and firm. Our children enjoy then off the bush and on cereal.cheers Karen

Time: 6th February 2011 6:03pm

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amanda says...
Ta KMP - hope someone knows when to prune for you (sorry about the thread hijack there)

Time: 7th February 2011 8:04pm

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BJ says...
My native Raspberries are fruiting now. probus and rosifolious. They are quite good. Sweeter than any store bought raspberries, or any home grown ones I can grow here (Heritage and Autumn Bliss). I'd compare them to the shatoot mulberries, which are sweeter than a true mulberry, but dont have the complexity of a true mulberry. The native raspberries can get very large, are usually sweeter than a regular raspberry, but lack the tart complexity of a really good raspberry. I have tasted a few that were on the insipid side though.

I cut mine back in spring/summer just after the cane has finished fruiting, so they can get good growth for the next season in late winter.

Time: 10th August 2011 12:47pm

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KMP says...
Thanks for that, good to know we were on the right track; we have lots of fruit just now.

Time: 15th August 2011 9:22pm

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Mike says...
In the wild up here they are common along rainforest tracks between 700m and 1300m altitude and vary quite a bit between locations.Many are insipid but some areas have plants with much larger and sweeter fruit and in parts of the Lamb Range and Mt Lewis you can pick a kg in an hour.I ate a large hollow one with a stink bug inside and it tempered my enthusiasm.

Time: 15th August 2011 9:58pm

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