Hedgerow Systems Research Articles

WINTER INJURY AND YIELDING ABILITY OF SIX RED RASPBERRY VARIETIES UNDER TWO SYSTEMS OF CULTURE IN NOVA SCOTIA

Over a 3-year period, significant differences were found in the percentage bud survival of six raspberry varieties, and their yielding abilities under two systems of culture. Trent was the hardiest variety followed in order by Early Red, Mailing Promise, Carnival, Willamette, and Viking. Trent also gave the greatest fruit yield, and Mailing Promise the least. Trent yielded 66% more under the stool system than under the hedge row system, but there was no significant difference in the yielding abilities of the other varieties between the two systems of culture.The varieties that produced satisfactory crops following moderate winter injury were those that produced abundant fruiting laterals at the bases of the canes.