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Killarney Raspberry vs Honeoye Strawberry

Fragaria x ananassa Honeoye

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Honeoye Strawberry
Killarney Raspberry

The Honeoye Strawberry is a cold-hardy cultivar that produces large, sweet berries that feature an attractive bright-red color. It blooms with small white flowers and commonly it is a top-selling berry on the market due to its winter hardiness, highly productive crops and self-pollinating nature.

The Honeoye Strawberry is a June Bearing (Short Day) variety, meaning that they typically produce a single, large crop earlier in the season.

The Honoeye Strawberry received the Garden Merit Award of the Royal Horticultural society.

Killarney Raspberry is extremely robust, with some of the best cold and disease resistance available. This could be due, in part, to it being bred in Manitoba.

It is also known for its good flavor and for being firmer than other varieties, which lends to its use in processing like pies, jams, and jellies or for U-Picks.

Killarney Raspberry is a floricane-fruiting variety, meaning it primarily produces fruit on second-year canes (previous season’s new growth). They are also referred to as summer-bearing. In late winter or early spring, cut back all spent floricanes, leaving only last season's canes.

Raspberries are self-fertile, meaning they do not require cross-pollination from another variety to produce fruit.

Honeoye Strawberry Quick Facts

Killarney Raspberry Quick Facts

Zone: 4a
Zone: 2a
Height: 0.1 m (0.3 ft)
Height: 1.8 m (6 ft)
Spread: 0.2 m (0.8 ft)
Spread: 1.2 m (4 ft)
Light: full sun
Light: full sun
Moisture: normal
Moisture: dry, normal
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: fast
Life span: short
Life span: short
Suckering: medium
Suckering: high


Flowers: small, white
Berries: red
Berries: large, tasty raspberries
Fruit size: large
Firmness: firm
Flavor: sweet
Harvest: June
Harvest: early-mid summer
Hybrid: yes
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no