Performance of Eleven Floricane Fruiting Red Raspberry Cultivars in New York

Eleven floricane fruiting red raspberry cultivars were evaluated in a replicated trial in Geneva, NY. ‘Killarney’ had the highest total and marketable yield in the trial, averaging 14,070 lbac-1 and 10,150 lbac'1 (15,760 and 11,370 kgha'1), respectively. ‘Tulameen’ had the lowest total and marketable yield in the trial with an average of 6,010 lbac'1 and 4,670 lbac'1 (6,730 and 5,230 kgha'1), respectively. ‘Prelude’ was the earliest fruiting cultivar (average peak harvest on July 10 and ‘Tulameen’ and ‘Comox’ were the latest fruiting (peak on July 25). ‘Encore’, ‘Prelude’, and ‘Canby’ had the highest percentage of marketable fruit, averaging 79% while ‘Chilliwack’ had the lowest percent marketable fruit at 66%. ‘Tulameen’ had the largest fruit in the trial at 3.4 g per berry and ‘Canby’ had the smallest at 1.9 g per berry. The standard cultivars in the region, ‘Killarney’, ‘Titan’, and ‘Canby’ had the highest marketable yields in the trial. The cultivars developed in British Columbia, Canada, ‘Comox’, ‘Chilliwack’, and ‘Tulameen’, as well as the German cultivar ‘Schoenemann’, were not suited for production in New York and were the lowest yielding cultivars. The newer cultivars ‘Prelude’, ‘Encore’ and ‘Lauren’ produced marketable yields equal to ‘Canby’ and ‘Titan’ and had larger fruit than the standard ‘Canby’. ‘Prelude’ and ‘Encore’ produced a high percentage of marketable fruit and can be used to extend the early and late summer season, respectively.