Strawberry raspberries - fruits before winter
Beautiful berries on a raspberry bush, reminiscent at first glance of the outline of a strawberry, in fact, is such a special variety of raspberries - strawberry raspberries. Many might think that this kind of variety was born by crossing strawberries and raspberries, but this is not the case. This is just a specially bred variety that is pure raspberry, without any impurities.
To grow strawberry raspberries in your garden, arm yourself with the primary knowledge about it. So, this is a shrub with a height of 30-60 cm, which is quite unpretentious in the choice of soil, has a spherical bush, branches with thorns and beautiful white flowers. This variety bears fruit in August in large quantities of berries. The largest bright red berries ripen on the first-year stems. Strawberry raspberries bear fruit until frost in some parts of the country. It should be noted that red berries are not always found on raspberries, if such varieties of strawberry raspberries, the fruits of which give off burgundy and yellow shades.
How to propagate such raspberries? Simple enough! Dig up the bushes in early spring or autumn and divide, and then plant in a new place.
Wintering for strawberry raspberries is possible only under cover so that the bushes do not freeze out. If you close the raspberries for the winter, then they will perfectly bear fruit for you the whole next year.
The taste of strawberry raspberries is inferior to ordinary ones, therefore the variety is not so popular in Russia. Often it is used as a decorative one because of its beautiful flowering, fences and walls of a house are braided from such raspberries - it looks amazing, and still bears fruit before winter. It is profitable to grow such a variety on your site.
my first thought when I looked at the title was exactly about crossing raspberries and strawberries: "I wonder how they did it?"))))