Raspberry varieties

[Elaine]

Can anyone recommend a lovely Summer fruiting raspberry variety please? Having cleared a space, we fancy raspberries to go with our other soft fruit on the allotment. Ideally, we would like a variety which doesn't grow to enormous proportions, is a heavy cropper with a lovely flavour. ( jam springs to mind here!)

We have looked at various sites on-line and there are an awful lot of raspberries to choose from, which is a bit daunting, so I wondered if any of you had preferences?

We won't be able to fit in more than 12/15 plants, depending how vigorous they are. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

[John]

Hello Elaine
My favourite is Glen Ample. I'm in the process of digging up an old row of this variety and I planted another row of it in a sunnier spot at the end of last year which hopefully should crop well next year. The berries are large, sweet and juicy with super flavour. The berries do need a sunny spell to bring out their full sweetness but I guess that this is true of all rasps.

John

[Elaine]

Thanks John. This was one of the varieties we were looking at. I always like to check these things out with someone who has grown whatever I'm considering. There appears to be several raspberries with the "Glen" name.
Cheers.

[PLUMPUDDING]

Glen Ample is one of my favourites too. Large fruits with an excellent flavour and very productive. Far better than Glen Moy.

[lizzie]

Yup, Glen Ample are wonderful and very tasty