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Originally Posted by Hermitian
Late blooming in what zone?
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You would have to ask Berries Unlimited. Usually it blooms late fall, versus early fall for Polka. So my Canadian friends have found the harvest interrupted by freezing temps. In zone 5 this might be an issue too.This is for primocane crop, not the floricane crop (both Polka and Heritage are fall bearing or primocane fruiting raspberries). Here in zone 6 the first frosts are late November, so most cultivars are fine here. Although newly planted cultivars Rosanna, and Double Gold fruited too late for me to get any harvest. But they will adjust to my area. And that could happen in zone 5 too? Not sure? A bummer with Rosanna it had 50 berries almost formed, but all were lost. I will for sure get a summer crop, I kept the canes. Many just cut them away and only harvest one fall crop. I would say most do this in the Midwest. I prefer getting 2 crops.
I know raspberries behave differently in your area, but Lisa is just a zone away from me, so no doubt flowering and frutiing habits will be like my zone. Certain rating systems rate me at 5b, others as 6a. 5b is more accurate as we got down to -14 degrees F this year. 30% or more of my peach tree buds are probably dead.