Red Raspberries

Red raspberries are very nutritious fruit, since not only had a great flavor, but also very high in health, promoting phytonutrients like ellagic acid and anthocyanins, as well as large amounts of antioxidants and fiber.

Moreover extemely easy to grow in the backyard (raspberry plants are very aggressive and can easily take the whole garden, if not why you should have no problem growing more trees).

Among the different varieties, Rubus idaeus and thrive in the relatively cool climate of the Pacific Northwest, where they are produced in the region, stretching from Salem, Oregon, in the Fraser Valley, British Columbia.

Raspberry production has increased steadily since 1800, and in modern times is to accelerate growth even further, thanks to the introduction of highly efficient mechanical harvesters to remove the need for manual labor.

This, together with the fact that the plants produce fruit raspberry decades led to a growth in production, which meets at least equal to the increase in demand due to the increasing popularity of this fruit as a health supplement and add to food.

Other varieties are grown in the eastern Cascade, where high temperatures often lead to smaller plants and less fruit: the best sites in this region, Yakima and Spokane (due to the relatively cold climate).

One reason for its success is the fact that they are independent of raspberries, which means that the bees transfer pollen from the same plant it came from, eliminating the need for male and female plants.

Although many raspberry cultivars, two families are common: summer and autumn plants. Both are grown in the Northwest, but have very different properties of fruits and timing.

Summer plants flowers in primocanes (which means “for the first year of sticks”) in August and September, after the winter holidays, the Spring Bloom and fruit below. After that, rods die, but the fruits primocanes new bars called “floricanes” the beginning of flowering, and the preservation of living plants for the following year.

Autumn in plants, also called everbearing, primocanes to bear fruit from August to September, the rest in the winter time, and then prepare the fruit from June to July.