The best-known cultivar from this source is Beta. It is blue in color and excellent for making jelly, jam, and juice. The varieties Concord, Himrod, Inter Laken, Ruby, and other semi-hardy types have been grown in selected locations in Eastern Idaho. These cherries are very small and lack the size and firmness to make them good for canning whole, but they are excellent for use in jelly and juice making. They can be grown successfully at elevations as high as 7,000 feet.
Raspberries can be from on of the red, black, purple, or yellow fruited varieties.
In Eastern Idaho the red raspberry does the best. The strawberry is a good fruit crop for Eastern Idaho gardeners. They are excellent for jams, jellies and pie making. Strawberry plants may be either the everbearing or Junebearing type. Everbearing strawberries differ from the standard or Junebearing types in that they produce a full crop the season they are planted and bear all season long.