That's very cool. What does Kiwi Gold taste like? I'm getting some black and red raspberry bushes next year but was afraid to get any yellow ones because I've never tried them.

Ya can't complain about a nice long raspberry season.

My goal, has always been to get a continuous flow of berries out of my yard. I got my first raspberries on June 26th of this year, and I was still getting some berries on December 1st of last year. Today's harvest: about 1.5 quarts of tasty blackberries and raspberries. Perfect!

Kiwi Gold is a good tasting raspberry and I like it. I find it's flavor to be unique among raspberries, but still quite good... and it's fun as a novelty to show others. But, you should really consider Anne (another yellow). It is arguably the best tasting raspberry of them all. It's only problem is that it's not a heavy bearer... So allot more growing space to it than you normally would for other varieties. You can see what other varieties I grow under 'My Page'.

-Glenn

Yellow raspberries in general have a more mellow flavor, not as much acidity, and are very, very sweet, like honey. It's hard to describe flavors, of course. I've tried Kiwi Gold and the old Fallgold type, which is very good flavored but a poor producer. Kiwi Gold is very, very productive. I haven't ever tried Anne. Someone gave me some starts last year, but they didn't have any berries yet, as they were pretty weak last year. They should bear this year, I haven't really checked them recently.

You really should try yellow raspberries. Chefs in upscale restaurants pay up to $20 a quart for them.

In my relatively heavy soil (over the the 5 years I've grown it) Anne is the slowest growing, most disease prone, and the least productive of the 10 or so red/yellows varieties I grow. The fruit also molds the quickest and stink bugs seem to prefer it, but it is worth it for the unique flavor. I've read it makes an amazing jelly, but I can't imagine how many plants you'd have to have to harvest enough (probably more productive in less hot/humid climates, such as the PNW) or having the self-control to not just eat them out of hand.

I found that the Carolines gave me about a 3 week rest this year between spring and fall crop...I liked that respite.

I had 2 or 3 Kiwi Gold once that died out. The 2 or 3 berries I tasted were ugh to me. LOL

Like many raspberries, you've got to pick the Kiwi Gold's at just the right time... There's at most a 24 hour window of ripeness. Any time before that, and they'll be hard/lousy. Any time after that, they'll be sour/fermenting. It takes a little while to learn the right ripe color. -Glenn

Our Anne and Kiwigold just started ripening this week. We were picking other berries from June 18th till July 10th like our hair was on fire! We have been getting 50+ pints off of our Polana for two weeks now, and they are really ramping up! I enjoyed our 2 or 3 week break because we'll go till frost now. I agree that Anne are "delicate" but they are my favorite.

Jake

Hmmm now I want to try them but I will probably have to wait. I already put in a humongous nursery order.

I have thought about planting some raspberries, but my problem is that one of the most common "weeds" in my garden is wild raspberries. I don't know how I would be able to identify which plants are which (until they bear fruit) after they start to spread. Any ideas? The wild berries are puny and often moldy, though they taste okay. Northwoodswis

I have never known red, gold, or purple raspberries to be "wild" so you must be talking about black raspberries.

You can till the designated area well to kill out wild black raspberries. Any new wild seedlings can be hoed out.I have wild ones in the area too, but that wouldn't stop me from raising berries.

Two weeks ago, I purchased from Miller Nurseries in Canandagua, NY, 1 Allen Black Raspberry, 3 Caroline
Raspberry and 3 Fall Gold Raspberry plants. Subtotal $27.95
7 plants Handling and tax $15.12 = All total $44.17

Check out their site: Great Specials!

http://millernurseries.com/
Jane OConnor

Wayne 5,
I have both black and red wild ones. The red are the most widespread, but black are the most vicious.
Northwoodswis

Jane-
I'm afraid I wouldn't have high hopes for that "Fall Gold". If it were me, I wouldn't even plant them. The story that gets repeated here over and over is that they're unproductive, and taste pretty poor. Many of the people on this forum have pulled them out. Has your order already shipped? Is it too late to cancel/switch that part of it? The Carolines are a very good choice though.
-Glenn

Glenn, forgive me for contradicting one thing you said just a bit. Fall Gold has good flavor IMO, on the tiny handful of berries you actually get off of it. It's the vigor that is lacking. Flavor is actually similar to Kiwi Gold, IMO, very sweet and kind of a mild flavor.

I'm still anxious to taste Anne to see how they compare to Kiwi Gold and Fall Gold.

Denninmi-
Ok I'll defer to you as you actually grow them. I was just saying what I remember other saying, but perhaps I got the negative traits mixed up.

As for Anne, you won't be disappointed. mmmmmm.....

-Glenn