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Rubus idaeus Versailles - Raspberry
Rubus idaeus Versailles - Raspberry
Rubus idaeus Versailles - Raspberry
Rubus idaeus Versailles - Raspberry
Rubus idaeus Versailles - Raspberry
Rubus idaeus Versailles - Raspberry
Rubus idaeus Versailles - Raspberry
Rubus idaeus Versailles - Raspberry
Rubus idaeus Versailles - Raspberry
Rubus idaeus Versailles - Raspberry
Rubus idaeus Versailles - Raspberry
Rubus idaeus Versailles - Raspberry
Rubus idaeus Versailles - Raspberry
No complaints. The plant is off to a good start and has already borne fruit. However, the raspberries are a bit acidic.
laure92, 31/10/2024
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The Versailles Raspberry is a perpetual variety that produces very large light red fruits (10 - 12g), conical in shape, highly aromatic and of excellent quality. Its firm fruits have a good shelf life and can be stored for a long time.
It forms a beautiful upright sucker-producing plant, with thornless canes, which makes harvesting easier. Early to fruit, it produces berries over a long period, from early June to October.
The Versailles Raspberry belongs to the Rosaceae family. It is a cousin of blackberries and wild roses. The wild raspberry is native to Europe and temperate Asia, where it grows in cool climates alongside elderberry, beech, or rowan, especially in mountainous undergrowth, but also in plains. It is a deciduous shrub with upright stems, forming a bush 1.50m (4.9ft) in all directions over time. The stems are biennial, each dying after fruiting. It spreads from a perennial sucker-producing stump, producing new stems armed with small prickles every year. Its leaves are green on the top, white-green and downy on the underside. The flowering is highly attractive to bees. The white flowers are small (1 to 2cm (0.8in) in diameter), grouped in small clusters of 10 to 12, and appear in two waves: in April - May and then in July - August. The fruits are made up of small clustered drupes, not adhering to the receptacle*, detaching very easily when ripe. The fruiting is abundant and starts in June and lasts until mid-October, with a slight pause in the middle of summer.
The fruits are best consumed fresh, as they do not keep well and should be consumed or quickly transformed into jam, for example. Production reaches its peak in the third year after planting. One plant can produce fruit for around 10 years.
The Versailles Raspberry can be combined with non-perpetual varieties such as 'Glen Ample' to achieve a continuous harvest throughout the summer.
The fruits can be used to make jams or fill tarts. The cultivation of raspberries seems to date back to the late Middle Ages. In the forest, five to ten years after a particularly beech cutting, wild raspberries appear in the cleared area, producing fruit for three to four years. Raspberries are not very calorific, they contain two specific sugars, levulose and fructose, and very little sucrose. The fruits also contain ellagic acid, tannins, vitamin C, and are a good source of potassium. It is also a medicinal plant, with its young shoots and buds used in gemmotherapy.
*This non-adherence is indeed a distinguishing criterion between raspberries in the broad sense and blackberries (including Rubus fruticosus, our European blackberry) where the receptacle remains on the fruit.
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The Raspberry bush prefers humus-rich soils, which retain moisture, even in summer, without too much limestone. It appreciates semi-shaded but bright exposures
In the North it will tolerate the sun well, while in the South, it will prefer semi-shade. Plant it from November to March, in ordinary soil enriched with compost and well-decomposed manure. Water it regularly to promote root development in the first year of planting. During periods of high heat or prolonged drought, provide it with additional water. The Versailles raspberry bush may be subject to different diseases if the cultural conditions are not optimal (raspberry anthracnose, raspberry rust, powdery mildew, grey rot during rainy periods or Botrytis).
The damage observed in cultivation is due to poor climatic conditions, especially during cold springs that allow micro-fungi present in the soil to infest the vegetation. To protect the plants, it is recommended to feed the raspberry bushes with organic fertilizers that promote the multiplication of anaerobic bacteria in the soil, which strengthens the soil's ability to stimulate the plants' immune system. Raspberry bushes can also be attacked by certain parasites such as raspberry worms, the larvae of a small beetle that lodges in the fruits, without causing significant damage.
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The flowering period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, etc.)
It will vary according to where you live:
In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
Pruning of summer-flowering shrubs (Indian Lilac, Perovskia, etc.) can be done in winter or spring.
In cold regions as well as with frost-sensitive plants, avoid pruning too early when severe frosts may still occur.
The planting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Netherlands).
It will vary according to where you live:
The harvesting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions in USDA zone 8 (France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...) fruit and vegetable harvests are likely to be delayed by 3-4 weeks.
In warmer areas (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), harvesting will probably take place earlier, depending on weather conditions.
The sowing periods indicated on our website apply to countries and regions within USDA Zone 8 (France, UK, Ireland, Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...), delay any outdoor sowing by 3-4 weeks, or sow under glass.
In warmer climes (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), bring outdoor sowing forward by a few weeks.