Reaching of primocane Skye raspberry variety

Global Plant Genetics, UK specialist focus on asparagus, berry and grape rootstocks crops, manages Skye raspberry variety, one of the latest primocane raspberry developments that bred at the world-renowned James Hutton program in Scotland.

Raspberry production continues to evolve at a rapid pace throughout the world. The marketplace has changed significantly over the past 20 years and a new varieties of raspberries appeared. The dramatic shift from the general use of floricane types to primocane raspberries is the most fundamental change.

In the global raspberry fresh market, primocane cultivars are considered mandatory. Technical development of raspberry varieties mean that many nurseries are now growing different types of plants, which include frozen roots, fresh plug plants, overwintered plug plants, and many types of long cane. Professional raspberry producers use different types of plants to ensure a prolonged season of the same variety. Younger raspberry plants have the added benefit of producing larger berries, allowing better control over harvesting costs.

This is exactly about Skye raspberry variety, a low-chill type and produces consistently high yields of large raspberries both on primocanes and on floricanes. In addition, the fruit is stable in both harvesting cycles.

Skye raspberries have additional fruit quality attributes, including a high levels of sweetness, with a Brix of 10.8 in replicated trials, coupled with low acidity, as well as fruiting laterals on the canes produce an average of 20-25 berries on each one with large berry size. To maximize shipping time and overall shelf life, the berries can be easily picked at the pink ripening stage. The growth type of this variety is upright and straight in both nurseries and fruiting environments, making it easy to manage its vigorous cane growth. This plant stature also means that the berries displayed well, this makes it a preferred variety for the harvest workers.

Global Plant Genetics provides variety solutions in the field of berries, asparagus and grape rootstock crop for international growers, producers businesses and nurseries. The company offers its clients a range of solutions in these sectors, ranging from licensing capabilities, seed and plant supply to technical support.

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