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Chemainus Raspberry Plant

Chemainus Raspberry Plant is a new mid-season florican red raspberry cultivar from the breeding program at the Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Agassiz, British Columbia Canada.  It is a cross of  ‘Algonquin’ and ‘Chilliwack’.

It is a highly vigorous cultivar with an upright habit.  Chemainus is is very quick to establish and produces a large crop after the first planting.  Because of its early bud break, Chemainus shows some bud damage after sudden drops in temperature during mild winters. When winters are cold, it shows good winter hardness with little or no damage relative to other Pacific Northwest cultivars.  Fruit is suited for processing and fresh market use in the Pacific Northwest.

Fruit of Chemainus has an excellent flavor, slightly sweet with a pleasant acid balance.  Fruit has an excellent appearance, long and conical with fine drupelets.  The color of the fruit is a medium to dark red, similar to Tulameen raspberries.  The firm fruit makes it well suited for mechanical harvesting.  It produces large crops of high quality fruit.  Because of these qualities, it is desirable for individual quick freeze (IQF) processing.

Chemainus is resistant to the common biotype of Amphorophora agathonica Hottes, the North American aphid vector of the raspberry mosaic virus (RMV) complex. Although susceptible to RBDV, Chemainus does not express symptoms of yellow leaves and experiences a long delay before expression of crumbly fruit symptoms. Chemainus may exhibit some degree of field resistance to root rot caused by Phytophthora fragariae var. rubi. In the PNW, Chemainus has been moderately susceptible to spur blight (Didymella applanata), to cane Botrytis (B. cinerea) and to anthracnose (Elsinoe veneta Burkh.)

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Black Raspberries May Prevent Colon Cancer

Black raspberries are highly effective in preventing colorectal tumors in two mouse models of the disease, according to a University of Illinois at Chicago study.

The findings are published in the November issue of Cancer Prevention Research.

Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer-related death in both men and women in the U.S., according to the National Cancer Institute.

Building on previous research that found black raspberries have antioxidant, anti-cancer, anti-neurodegenerative and anti-inflammatory properties, the researchers looked at the fruit’s ability to prevent colon cancer.

“We saw the black raspberry as a natural product, very powerful, and easy to access,” said Dr. Wancai Yang, assistant professor of pathology at the UIC College of Medicine and senior author of the study, whose research focuses on the interactions of genetic and nutritional factors in the development of intestinal cancer and tumor prevention.

The researchers used two strains of mice, Apc1638 and Muc2, which each have a specific gene knocked out, causing the mice to develop either intestinal tumors (in the case of Apc1638) or colitis in the case of Muc2. Colitis is an inflammation of the large intestine that can contribute to the development of colorectal cancer.

Both mouse strains were randomized to be fed either a Western-style, high-risk diet (high in fat and low in calcium and vitamin D) or the same diet supplemented with 10 percent freeze-dried black raspberry powder for 12 weeks.

The researchers found that in both mouse strains the black raspberry-supplemented diet produced a broad range of protective effects in the intestine, colon and rectum and inhibited tumor formation.

In the Apc1638 mice, tumor incidence was reduced by 45 percent and the number of tumors by 60 percent. The researchers found that black raspberries inhibited tumor development by suppressing a protein, known as beta-catenin, which binds to the APC gene.

In the Muc2 mice, tumor incidence and the number of tumors were both reduced by 50 percent, and black raspberries inhibited tumor development by reducing chronic inflammation associated with colitis.

The researchers now hope to obtain funding to begin clinical trials in humans, said Yang. Because black raspberries not only prevent cancer but also inflammation, they may also protect against other diseases, such as heart disease.

Yang is a member of the UIC Cancer Center. Co-authors are Xiuli Bi of UIC, Wenfeng Fang of UIC and Wuhan University in China, and Li-Shu Wang and Gary Stoner of the Ohio State University.

The research was funded by UIC’s department of pathology and the National Cancer Institute.

UIC ranks among the nation’s leading research universities and is Chicago’s largest university with 27,000 students, 12,000 faculty and staff, 15 colleges and the state’s major public medical center. A hallmark of the campus is the Great Cities Commitment, through which UIC faculty, students and staff engage with community, corporate, foundation and government partners in hundreds of programs to improve the quality of life in metropolitan areas around the world.

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Release Date: November 2, 2010

Media Contact: Sherri McGinnis Gonzales, 312-996-8277

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Boyne Raspberry Plant

Boyne Raspberry Plant is an early-season variety that is extremely winter hardy.  It was released in 1960 and was developed in northern Minnesota.  It consistently produces deep-red, medium-sized berries that are easy to pick. It generally produces fruit 10 days before the Latham raspberry cultivar.  The medium sweet, aromatic flavor makes it great for freezing and jam or eating fresh. It will grow where other varieties experience winter injury damage to the canes.

Boyne Raspberry will grow to be about 5 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 4 feet. It tends to be leggy, with a typical clearance of 1 foot from the ground.  Boyne canes are upright and sturdy and will not need trellising to support the abundant fruit production.  It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years.  Many suckers are produced in the mother plant.

It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn’t be allowed to dry out.

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Raspberry Organizations

Detailed listing of Raspberry Organizations to assist in raspberry plant research.

North America Raspberry & Blackberry Association (NARBA)

Website: North America Raspberry & Blackberry Association

The objectives of the North American Raspberry & Blackberry Association (NARBA) are “a) to promote the production and marketing of raspberries and blackberries in North America through communication, education, and research; b) to provide a unified voice to represent the bramble industry, and c) to promote blackberries and raspberries to the general public.”

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Red Raspberry Plants

Description

Red Raspberry Plants, Rubus idaeus, are native to norther North America and Eurasia.  Cultivated red raspberries were introduced into the United States as long ago as 1771.

Red raspberries produce new canes from buds on roots and from the crown.  In the first year, canes are called primocanes, and in the second year they are called floricanes.  Canes are pruned out after their second year.  Both primocanes and floricanes are present during the growing season.

There are two types of red raspberries.  In floricane (summer fruiting) red raspberries, the first-year primocanes are vegetative only.  The second-year floricanes  bear a crop in early summer.  Primocane (fall fruiting) raspberries produce  a significant amount of fruit at the top of the primocanes in the fall.  It is easiest to cut the primocanes to the ground each winter after fruiting.  If you keep them for the secon year, however, they will produce a crop on the floricanes  the next summer.  Because these primocane-fruiting types can be double cropped, they sometimes are called everbearing raspberries.

Red Raspberry Cultivars

• Algonquin Red Raspberry
• Amity Red Raspberry
• August Red Raspberry
• Autumn Bliss Red Raspberry
• Autumn Britten Red Raspberry
• Boyne Red Raspberry
• Canby Red Raspberry
• Caroline Red Raspberry
• Cascade Bounty Red Raspberry
• Chemainus Red Raspberry
• Chilcotin Red Raspberry
• Citadel Red Raspberry
• Comet Red Raspberry
• Dinkum Red Raspberry
• Dorman Red Raspberry
• Double Delight Red Raspberry
• Durham Red Raspberry
• Encore Red Raspberry
• Fallred Red Raspberry
• Festival Red Raspberry
• Gatineau Red Raspberry
• Haida Red Raspberry
• Heritage Red Raspberry
• Hilton Red Raspberry
• Indian Summer Red Raspberry
• Jaclyn Red Raspberry
• K81-6 Red Raspberry
• Killarney Red Raspberry
• Latham Red Raspberry
• Lauren Red Raspberry
• Meeker Red Raspberry
• Newburgh Red Raspberry
• Nova Red Raspberry
• Polana Red Raspberry
• Prelude Red Raspberry
• Puyallup Red Raspberry
• Qualicum Red Raspberry
• Red River Red Raspberry
• Redwing Red Raspberry
• Regency Red Raspberry
• Reveille Red Raspberry
• Taylor Red Raspberry
• Titan Red Raspberry
• Tulameen Red Raspberry
• Willamette Red Raspberry

Source

Select information provided by Oregon State University article, “Raspberry Cultivars for Oregon”.

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Yellow-Gold Raspberry Plants

Description

Yellow raspberry plants or gold raspberry plants result from a genetic mutation of red raspberries.  Most are pimocane fruiting types and are similar to red raspberries in grow habit.  Yellow raspberries are most often grown in the northern states, and will produce best on sandy loam soils that are rich in nutrients.

Yellow Raspberry Cultivars

• Anne Yellow Raspberry
  • Season - Everbearing
  • Fruit Size – Large
  • Origin - Maryland
  • USDA Zone - 4-9
• Fallgold yellow raspberry
  • Season - Everbearing
  • Fruit Size – Medium
  • Origin - New York
  • USDA Zone - 5-9
• Golden Harvest Yellow Raspberry
  • Season - Everbearing
  • Fruit Size – Large
  • Origin - New York
  • USDA Zone -
• Goldie Yellow Raspberry
  • Season - Everbearing
  • Fruit Size – Medium
  • Origin - New York
  • USDA Zone - 5-7
• Kiwi Gold Yellow Raspberry
  • Season - Everbearing
  • Fruit Size -
  • Origin - New Zealand
  • USDA Zone - 4-8

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Purple Raspberry Plants

Description

Purple Raspberry plants are a hybrid between black and red raspberries.  They tend to be vigorous, crown-forming plants with large, soft fruit.   Purple raspberries generally are considered to have only fair quality for fresh use, but are excellent for processing.  Purple raspberry plants tend to respond in growth habit similar to black raspberry plants.

Purple Raspberry Cultivars

• Brandywine Purple Raspberry
  • Season - Late summer
  • Fruit Size – Large
  • Origin – New York
  • USDA Zone – 3-?
• Royalty Purple Raspberry
  • Season - Late summer
  • Fruit Size – Large
  • Origin – New York
  • USDA Zone – 4-7
• Success Purple Raspberry
  • Season - Mid to late summer
  • Fruit Size – Small
  • Origin – New Hampshire
  • USDA Zone -

Source

Select information provided by Oregon State University article, “Raspberry Cultivars for Oregon”.

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Black Raspberry Plants

Description

The Black Raspberry Plant, Rubus occidentalis, are native from the Northeast to the Great Plains.  The native western black raspberry, or “blackcap,” is R. leucodermis.

Black raspberry plants produce canes only from the crown, not from the roots.  Tip the primocanes in the summer to encourage branching.  The following year, these canes produce fruit.

In the early 1900′s, there were dozens of black raspberry cultivars, and new cultivars were released until about the 1960s.  Since that time, there has been very little breeding work on black raspberries, and only a handful of cultivars are now commonly available.  In the Northwest, nearly all of the commercial crop is “Munger”, a cultivar released in 1890.

Black Raspberry Cultivars

• Allen Black Raspberry
  • Season – Early to mid-summer
  • Fruit Size – Large
  • Origin – New York
  • USDA Zone – 5-8
• Black Hawk Black Raspberry
  • Season – Mid summer
  • Fruit Size – Medium-Large
  • Origin – Iowa
  • USDA Zone – 5-9
• Bristol Black Raspberry
  • Season -
  • Fruit Size – Medium-Large
  • Origin – New York
  • USDA Zone – 5-8
• Cumberland Black Raspberry
  • Season – Mid to late summer
  • Fruit Size – Large
  • Origin – Pennsylvania
  • USDA Zone – 5-9
• Haut Black Raspberry
  • Season – Early
  • Fruit Size -
  • Origin – Maryland
  • USDA Zone – 5-8
• Jewel Black Raspberry
  • Season – Early to mid-summer
  • Fruit Size – Medium-Large
  • Origin – New York
  • USDA Zone – 5-8
• Munger Black Raspberry
  • Season – Mid summer
  • Fruit Size – Large
  • Origin – Ohio
  • USDA Zone -

Source

Select information provided by Oregon State University article, “Raspberry Cultivars for Oregon”

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White Chocolate Raspberry Cake

Delicious recipe for a white chocolate raspberry cake.

Ingredients

• 1 package (2 layer size) white cake mix
• 1 package (6 squares) BAKER’S White Chocolate, chopped
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine
• 1 cup milk
• 3 eggs
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• White Chocolate-Creme Cheese Frosting
• 2 Tbsp. seedless raspberry jam
• 1 cup fresh raspberries

Instructions

• Heat oven to 350° F.
• Grease and flour 2 (9-inch) round pans; set aside.  Microwave chocolate and butter in a medium microwaveable bowl on HIGH for 2 minutes. or until butter is melted.  Stir until chocolate is completely melted; cool sightly.
• Beat cake mix, milk, eggs, vanilla and chocolate mixture in a large bowl with mixture until well blended.  Pour into prepared pans.
• Bake 25 to 28 minutes or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean.  Cool cakes in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks.  Cool cakes completely.
• Place one cake layer on a plate; spread 2/3 cup White Chocolate-Cream Frosting, then jam. cover the remaining cake layer.  Spread top and side with remaining frosting.  Top with fresh raspberries just before serving.

Serving Size

• One cake makes enough for 16 servings.

Source

Recipe provided by Kraft Foods

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How Raspberry Plants Grow

A 4 minute video from the University of Maine  that summaries how raspberry plants grow.  It reviews the difference between primocane and floricane raspberry plants and everbearing raspberries.

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