raspberry price advice please

[Burnzie]

£5.99 for four or five canes seems to be the going price at garden centres in my local area.

Is this the norm, or do you know of any better value on line?

I'm after about twenty canes of autumn bliss.


many thanks

Burnzie

[KNITTY38]

I live in west mids and I paid £3.75 for 5 canes of autumn bliss last few days, I thinks that a bit over top

[scarey55]

Do you need all 20 at once? You could buy 4 or 5 this year and then propogate your own canes next year - that way, they only cost you £5.99 for 20

[SarzWix]

Actually, if you look at these online fruit suppliers (reputable companies), you'll find that £6 for five canes is quite a good price!
T&M Online Fruit Catalogue - UK Mainland only
Ken Muir .: Ken Muir :.
Welsh Fruit Stocks Propagators of top quality soft fruit plants | Welsh Fruit Stocks

If you want cheaper, but un-named varieties, places like Aldi, Lidl, £stretcher, Morrisons etc are worth looking in. My local Morrisons had Raspberries in this afternoon as well as Blackcurrants, Gooseberry & Redcurrants - £1.29!

[Hans Mum]

if youre ahppy to look at other variety have a look at these
Search Results - Mirror Garden
£17.90 for 30

[veg4681]

I live in west mids and I paid £3.75 for 5 canes of autumn bliss last few days, I thinks that a bit over top

That's a fab price! I didn't think Garden Centre could do that sort of price but I doubt I'd get that from my local GCs though. I thought £1 per cane from say Poundland was the cheapest but neither they or Wilko or Woolies ever specify what their variety is so these stores are never really useful for buying Raspberry . I find the online suppliers expensive too (plus the cost of P&P) but they are able to offer more choice on varieties. Sorry Burnzie, not much help here.

[veg4681]

Morrisons etc are worth looking in. My local Morrisons had Raspberries in this afternoon as well as Blackcurrants, Gooseberry & Redcurrants - £1.29!

Does Morrison specify the variety against the fruit bush? I'm thinking at £1.29they wouldn't bother or would they?

[SarzWix]

Does Morrison specify the variety against the fruit bush? I'm thinking at £1.29they wouldn't bother or would they?

No, not unless it was in very small print!
I bought 5 canes of Glen Ample from my GC for £6.95, and reckoned that to be a good price!

[SarzWix]

if youre happy to look at other variety have a look at these
Search Results - Mirror Garden
£17.90 for 30

That's pretty good Hans Mum. Didn't recognize some of the varieties, but this is what I found on Glen Cova;

High yielding firm medium sized flavoursome early fruit. Freezes well. Vigorous and a good cropper.

Sounds alright!

[Burnzie]

Thanks all for the feedback. Great link and price Hans Mum.

Also like your true allotment style thinking Scarey, buy small and propagate.

Will decide in next couple of days which route to take.

many thanks

Burnzie

[southlondongardener]

I paid £10 for 10 autumn bliss last year.

Here is a supplier.

Cool Temperate - Raspberries
but sadly delivery is expensive.

Try ebay I got malling jewel last year.