Encore Raspberry vs Heritage Raspberry - TreeTime.ca

Encore Raspberry vs Heritage Raspberry

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Encore Raspberry
Heritage Raspberry

Encore Raspberry ripens late season and features nearly spineless branches for easier picking. Its smaller, red berries are sweet and perfect for homemade jams, preserves, or eating straight off the plant.

Encore Raspberry is a floricane raspberry variety, meaning it only produces berries on second-year canes. Cut back dead two-year-old canes as needed, leaving last year's growth.

The Heritage Raspberry is a deciduous thorny shrub that produces two crops in the year: a moderate one in early summer followed by a heavier harvest in the fall. This plant blooms with white, rose-like flowers and fruits with extra-sweet, dark red berries that are great for fresh eating, canning or freezing.

The Heritage Raspberry is a primocane-fruiting variety, meaning that it produces fruit on first years' growth. Prune stalks down each winter or early spring to get higher fruit yields and easier harvesting.

Encore Raspberry Quick Facts

Heritage Raspberry Quick Facts

Zone: 4a
Zone: 4a
Height: 1.2 m (4 ft)
Height: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Spread: 1.2 m (4 ft)
Spread: 1.2 m (4 ft)
Moisture: normal
Moisture: dry, normal
Light: full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Berries: red
Fruit size: 2.9g
Fruit size: large
Flavor: extra-sweet
Harvest: June-July, September to October
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: fast
Life span: short
Life span: short
Maintenance: high
Maintenance: medium
Suckering: high
Suckering: medium