We had a wonderful DRY season so not a lot of disease, although I almost lost a Blush to stem rot early on. Fortunately, I had a back-up plant and I was able to save the sick one by practically cutting it in half.
Old Favourites
Maglia Rosa, best for taste, as always
Blush
Sunrise BB
EM Champion
New favourites
Prairie Fire - Compact and very tasty
Pink Princess - round, pink cherry, sweet and absolutely delicious (although they split easily and fell off the vine at the least provocation. Probably not great for a wet year!)
Elgin Pink - Mine was Black, but very tasty.
Ambrosia Gold - red instead and not exceptional
Benevento F1 - taste just wasn't there raw, but excellent when cooked.
Danko was more productive than AM Champ, but taste wasn't as good IMO.
Japanese Pink Princess didn't seem very hearty - a runt which looked red. Tasty though.
Matt's Hornet was productive and pretty, but the flavour was not there for me, especially growing next door to Prairie Fire which was very tasty.
Perayva was productive, but disappointing
Pink Cherry Wine F1 was tasty AND it kept extremely well (a couple of months in the basement), but not as tasty as the other new faves.
Linda
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