They are grown primarily by the home gardener and used fresh or frozen, in jams or in jellies. The red, yellow, black, and purple raspberry types are grown in eastern Nebraska, while western Nebraskans primarily grow only red berries. This publication is not intended for the commercial grower but is, instead, targeted towards home gardeners who have limited space for raspberry production. Red raspberries are widely grown in Nebraska. Red raspberry canes are upright, slender, and light brown.
Most cultivars sucker readily from the roots of the parent plant.
The berries are red, somewhat soft, and have good quality. Yellow raspberries have the same characteristics as the reds. Raspberry cultivars that produce a crop on current season's growth the first fall after they are planted are called everbearing. Taylor' is a vigorous, winter hardy, and productive red raspberry. The berries are large, bright, attractive, firm, and high quality.