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BERRY PLANT DESCRIPTIONS

RASPBERRY VARIETIES

CULTIVAR	COUNTRY OF ORIGIN	PVR/PATENT	COMMENTS
Serpells Willamette	Australia	Non-Propagation Agreement 1	A variant of Willamette, having thornless canes. Fruit has same characteristics as Willamette. Dual Cropping, Hardy Variety, excellent flavour.
Chilliwack	British Columbia, USA	None	A mid season cultivar with moderate yield of fruit. Has long shelf life. High quality medium Size fruit. Excellent for interstate & export, pick your own. This is the most common commercial variety grown in Australia.
Tulameen	Agriculture Canada	None	Mid-late season cultivar with large fruit. Excellent flavour. Has extended picking period.
Chilcotin (dual cropping)	British Columbia, USA	None	Medium to high yield with good sized fruit but could appear crumbly at times. Fruit is bright red and retains colour & gloss during storage. This is a dual cropping variety fruiting again in late Autumn.
Bogong	Agriculture Victoria, Australia	Non-Propagation Agreement 1	Primocane fruiting Autumn cropping cultivar with large firm fruit. Good flavour. Good for fresh fruit market or pick your own.
Heritage	New York	None	Primocane Autumn fruiting cultivar with med size fruit. Good Flavour.
Dinkum	Agriculture Victoria, Australia	Non-Propagation Agreement 1	Primocane Autumn fruiting cultivar with med size brick red fruit. Excellent Flavour. Fruits approx. two weeks earlier than Heritage.
Selection 89-31-N6	Agriculture Victoria, Australia	Non-Propagation Agreement 1	mid season yellow rasperry, with firm fruit. Fruit can be harvested well at firm-ripe and size is similar to Chilliwack.
Autumn Bliss	United Kingdom	None	Primo-cane fruiting cultivar fruiting 1-2 weeks earler than Heritage. The fruit is dull & hairy ripening quickly. It has some worthwhile attributes but fruit does not unplug easily on cold days.
Glen Yarra	SCRI, Scotland	Non-Propagation Agreement 1	Glen Yarra was imported into Australia for its extremely high yields. It is a mid season, firm, light coloured berry, but unfortunately it seems to be very sensitive to phytophthora.