It is impossible to imagine a modern garden plot without planting raspberries. The harvest of these berries is especially expected. Fragrant and sweet, they won our hearts. This berry is also highly valued as a medicine that helps with colds. Raspberry, as it may seem, by its own name tells everyone what color its berries are. But today we will talk about the best varieties of orange and yellow raspberries, because they are no worse, and sometimes better than the raspberry classics.
Features of raspberries with orange and yellow fruits
The main advantage of orange raspberries is the color of their fruits. Colored in all tones from deep yellow and literally golden to the color of the sun setting over the horizon, these berries arouse genuine interest and a desire to immediately enjoy them. Well, how will they turn out to be sweeter than their raspberry counterparts?
But yellow and orange raspberries are really considered the sweetest. And it is much less likely to cause an allergic reaction. That is why allergy sufferers, young children, nursing mothers and pregnant women can enjoy this delicacy without fear of consequences. However, you still need to taste it carefully, because the individual reactions of the body are an extremely mysterious thing.
The orange beauty also has flaws. She is very gentle and delicate. Because of these qualities, it tolerates long-term storage and transportation much worse than ordinary raspberries.
The sweetest varieties of orange and yellow raspberries
We deliberately will not distribute prizes among the varieties of this wonderful plant. After all, each of them is good in its own way. If our task were to choose the sweetest raspberry, we would operate with such a characteristic as sugar content. But the taste of a berry is a deeply subjective indicator. Therefore, we will simply tell you about the varieties and offer you to choose your own yellow and orange raspberries of the top variety.
#1 Orange miracle — remontant variety
And yet, if we talk about the ratings of orange raspberry varieties, then the first place in them is firmly occupied by the Orange Miracle. In the berries of this variety, everything pleases: an unusually delicate taste, a gigantic size (up to 4 cm), juiciness and an orange-pink hue. The variety is frost-resistant, remontant: fruiting from July to October.
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Plant height — 1.5-2 meters.
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Productivity — up to 5 kg per bush.
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The weight of one fruit is 6-8 g.
#2 Large-fruited Orange Giant
The berries of the Orange Giant variety are considered the largest and are distinguished by an amber-yellow color. One of the great characteristics of this variety is its hypoallergenicity. The fruits are completely free from the sourness characteristic of ordinary raspberries. They have an unusual taste of honey dessert. The jam from them is both beautiful and tasty.
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Plant height — 2.0-2.3 meters.
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Productivity — 4-5 kg per bush.
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The weight of one fruit is 6-8 g.
#3 Variety of English selection — Valentina
The relatively recently bred English remontant variety Valentina is characterized by frost resistance and early ripening of a plentiful harvest. From June to August, the plant produces large orange-pink fruits with a pronounced aroma and wonderful taste. Sweet berries are devoid of sourness.
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Plant height — 1.5-2.0 meters.
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Productivity — 4.5-5 kg per bush.
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The weight of one fruit is up to 8 g.
You can buy these seedlings in Becker not only one by one, but also in a set of different varieties, which is economically beneficial for the buyer. We continue the list with varieties of yellow raspberries.
#4 Repairman Zyugana Gold
Raspberries of this variety bear fruit abundantly both in the first wave of the harvest and in the second. The total duration of fruiting is from July to October. Large berries can reach a weight of 11 g when fed with organic matter. Despite the high density of the pulp, it is juicy and tender, with a delicate sour-sweet taste. The amber shade of the berries awakens the appetite.
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Plant height — 1.5-1.8 meters.
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Productivity — 4.5-5 kg per bush.
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The weight of one fruit is 7-8 g.
#5 Raspberry tree Gold
This standard variety is a bush with branches and side shoots. If properly performed forming pruning, the plant will really look like a tree. The fruits ripen mainly on last year’s shoots. Huge fleshy berries of golden color attract with pronounced dessert taste, pleasant aftertaste and delicate aroma.
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Plant height — 1.5-2.0 meters.
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Productivity — 4-5 kg per bush.
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The weight of one fruit is 10-16 g.
#6 Renovation Golden Everest
The fruits of this plant are not in vain called fragrant gold. But, in addition to outstanding external characteristics, there is also a taste, which in Golden Everest raspberries is pronounced sweet with a slight aftertaste. The berries of this variety are modest in size, but they make excellent jam and compote with excellent taste characteristics.
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Plant height — 1.2-1.5 meters.
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Productivity — 1-1.5 kg per bush.
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The weight of one fruit is 3-5 g.
#7 High Yield Yellow Penguin
Despite the fact that the Yellow Penguin variety is remontant, which means it is expectedly productive, such a yield is still delightful. This standard variety is the result of domestic selection. Penguin berries are medium in size, have a pleasant sweet and sour taste and a rich amber color. After maturation, they do not fall off, but wait for harvesting.
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Plant height — 1.2-1.5 meters.
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Productivity — up to 10 kg per bush.
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The weight of one fruit is 4-6 g.
#8 Golden giant
The elongated-conical fruits of the Golden Giant variety are distinguished by the similarity of their taste with forest berries. But this dark golden raspberry is larger, juicier and more tender than the forest one. Eating it is a pleasure. Even for allergy sufferers, it is safe, which is especially valuable. The variety pleases with its frost resistance and stable yield.
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Plant height — 1.8-2.3 meters.
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Productivity — 3-5 kg per bush.
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The weight of one fruit is 4-5 g.
You can buy seedlings of orange and yellow raspberries from Becker. The catalog contains all varieties, the description of which is given in this article. We remind you that Becker sells only excellent planting material, the quality of which is protected by a guarantee.