In some years, some of the fruit is rough, but the good fruit is always beautifully shaped. Hard to remove in some years. Yields were much lower than Heritage in two different Pennsylvania trials. Susceptible to root rot. The fruit is large and the flavor is good, but fruits tend to be soft.
Tall canes fill the row evenly.
Might perform particularly well in colder sites. Plants grown here produce an overabundance of small, bad-tasting berries. Black Raspberries Black raspberries bloom in May and ripen in late June through early July. They generally fruit earlier than red raspberries, but there is very little difference among the ripening periods of black raspberry cultivars. Most widely grown black raspberry in Pennsylvania.