New varieties
These are our newly bred varieties that are not yet released. They are identified using their provisional names or their selection numbers where names have not yet been considered. Click on the link to view details on:
Raspberry selection 9062E-1 Funded by the Scottish Raspberry Breeding Consortium
Parentage: 8631D-1 x 8605C-2
Season: 9062E-1 is a mid-season summer fruiting variety, which begins picking 1-2 days before Glen Ample.
Plant Habit: Primocane are spine-free with an upright habit. 9062E-1 harvests very well by machine, picking a high percentage of IQF.
Fruit Quality: Fruit is large, round and bright red in colour. 9062E-1 has an excellent flavour, very sweet and aromatic.
Fruit Size: Fruit size 4.7 - 5.1g
Fruit Yield: In SCRI trials, 9062E-1 is a productive genotype, yielding around 7.2 t/ha (extrapolated from 20m plots at SCRI).
Pest and disease tolerance: Carries gene A10, conferring resistance to most strains of aphid virus vector
Amphorophora idaei.
