on the subject of ...

[nick the grief]

Raspberries - is there any late fruiting ones to beat good old Autumn bliss these days ?

[MelanieSW]

I know Autumn Bliss only by name, but have planted Joan J as that was recommended to me as the best autumn fruiting one.

[Mr Bones]

We have Joan J too. Good taste, decent sized fruit and thornless stems (makes them loads easier to deal with when cutting down in winter). They're quite vigorous though and do tend to send plenty of suckers wandering away from the bed.

[Bren In Pots]

Mines Autumn Bliss and I'm very happy with them.

[ameno]

I grow Polka.
It's a Which Best Buy and AGM. Good growing, produces lots of quite large, very tasty fruit, and the fruit keep better than most raspberries do (although that only amounts to a couple extra days). The stems are covered in tiny prickles, though.

[nick the grief]

thanks chaps, thats pretty much the ones I'd seen adverstised. I suppose I ought to go with Joan J and thats Mrs G's middle name ... they for her anyway as she seems to eat her bodyweight in the darn things.

They'll go nicely with the strwawberries I've got for her (Florence, Marshmello and Mara des Bois) i'mafter some browny points