The red raspberries have enjoyed a surge of popularity, primarily because of excellent, new everbearing cultivars. Latham, Canby and Newburgh are good regular season cultivars, while Scepter and Heritage are among the best everbearing types. Heritage has been outstanding in trials throughout the state. Sodus, Amethyst, Marion, and Brandywine are good purple cultivars. Brandywine, with large, high quality fruit and heavy yields, may be the best.
Royalty is a new purple berry that has promise for production in Indiana.
New Logan, Cumberland, and Bristol are currently recommended black raspberry cultivars for Indiana. Selection of virus-free planting stock is most important. Obtain new plants only from a reliable nursery, and request only certified virus-free stock. Raspberry plants should never be transplanted from an old patch since these plants are often virus-infected or have other disease problems. Site Air and soil drainage are important considerations in locating a raspberry planting.