The results of evaluation of raspberry varieties of summer ripening season

Abstract

The article presents the evaluation results of winter hardiness, thornness, yield, largescale, suitability for mechanical harvesting, shooting ability and resistance to fungous diseases within 2008-2010 of ten foreign varieties of raspberry. Most of the varieties have high winter hardiness. Varieties ‘Beglyanka’, ‘Malachovka’, ‘Patriciya’, ‘Shosha’ and ‘Beskid’ are without any thorns. Varieties ‘Shosha’, ‘Peresvet’, ‘Malachovka’ and ‘Patriciya’ have high yield and ‘Patriciya’ is distinguished as well by large fruit size. Varieties ‘Balsam’ and ‘Brigantina’ are suitable for mechanical harvesting. Varieties ‘Brigantina’ and ‘Malachovka’ have good shooting ability. Varieties ‘Volnica’ and ‘Patriciya’ have resistance to raspberry white spot, varieties ‘Balsam’, ‘Brigantina’ and ‘Volnica’ have medium resistance to raspberry purple spot. For future evaluation and introduction in production the variety ‘Brigantina’ was marked out. Varieties ‘Balsam’, ‘Brigantina’, ‘Volnica’, ‘Patriciya’, ‘Malachovka’, ‘Peresvet’ and ‘Beglyanka’ can be used as the sources of main production parameters for future breeding.