Raspberry-blackberry hybrids: Loganberry and Tayberry. Varietal blackberry and raspberry-blackberry hybrid in our garden

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Raspberries and strawberries are favorite treats for both adults and children. The super popularity of these berries stimulates breeders to bring out more and more new varieties of these goodies. Recently, a very interesting variety of these berries has appeared on sale under the promising name Klubmalina. And such a curiosity is much more expensive than its relatives: raspberries and strawberries. What kind of berry really is: a miracle of selection or consumer deception? Let's figure it out.

So, raspberries are shrubs, and strawberries belong to the genus of herbaceous plants. Of course, selection does not stand still, but moves forward by leaps and bounds. But have breeders already reached such heights that learned to cross grass with bushes? Is it a crossed strawberry and raspberry? Alas, such a miracle is impossible either from a theoretical or a practical point of view. But then what do we buy?

Brief description of Strawberry-Raspberry

In fact, under the guise of a hybrid, a little-known raspberry variety called Strawberry-Raspberry has appeared in our latitudes, yet for our country. Such raspberries are also known by such names.:

1. Seductive.
2. Chinese.
3. Himalayan.
4. Strawberry.
5. Strawberry.
6. Dwarf.
7. Rosalyn or Rose leaf.

This berry came to us from East Asia. In the wild, it is found on mountain slopes, in mixed forests. In its natural environment, it is a tall semi-shrub, its height reaches 3 meters.. The cultural variety that has taken root in our climatic conditions is much more modest in size, and does not grow more than 1.5 meters.

The plant is extremely decorative. Its shoots are fluffy and prickly, which allows it to be used not only as a tasty treat, but also as a beautiful decorative hedge.

What does a raspberry strawberry look like? The name rosalin or rose-leaved, the plant received due to the similarity of the leaves with the leaves of a rose, and quite impressive thorns on the stem also resemble a rose. The leaves are corrugated bright green color. The flowers are quite impressive in size (up to 5 cm in diameter), of a delicate white hue, with 5 petals. The characteristic feature of this variety is that the flowers get along well with the fruits, and the entire fruiting period of the branch is decorated with beautiful large flowers, which, in tandem with bright scarlet berries, give the plant an incredible charm and charm.

The fruits of this plant are also very unusual and beautiful. The berries are large, the largest reach the size walnut, bright scarlet color, shaped like a strawberry. The fruits are directed upwards, as if reaching for the sun, they are clearly visible even from afar.

The taste qualities of the fruits are also excellent, they are juicy and sweet, with a pleasant, barely perceptible sourness. Up to 5 berries can ripen on one branch, this is a very fruitful variety of raspberries. Berries can be consumed both raw and cooked from them jams, jams, compotes.

It is almost impossible to find such a berry for sale on the market. This is due to the fact that the fruits are very soft and tender, and do not tolerate transportation well. Therefore, it is not recommended to grow such a berry on an industrial scale.

Cultivation: planting and reproduction

Plant a variety like ordinary raspberries. A place for beds is chosen mainly on the south side, the plant is quite unpretentious, it can grow both in areas open to the sun and in partial shade. Bushes are planted in pre-made holes, between which there should be a very long distance : 70-100 cm. Row spacing should be at least 1.5 meters.

Such a beauty grows on any soil, but there will be a high yield if you still plant it in fertile and loose soil. You can fertilize the holes with peat before planting or organic fertilizer .

The plant is planted either in spring or early autumn.

If you plant raspberries in the fall, you need to do this at the end of August - the first half of September, so that the plant has time to take root before the first frost.

Such decorative variety raspberry root shoots, which produces quite a lot during the season. This feature should be taken into account when landing. To plant a new plant, you just need to carefully dig it out and root it in the right place.

Features of care

The plant is completely unpretentious and needs elementary care, so growing such a hybrid does not require much effort. Watering needs plentiful and timely(especially in the heat). But you can’t overdo it either, if the soil is constantly damp and wet, raspberries may die. Weeds must be pulled out carefully, as root system located very close to the surface. In particularly hot regions, the soil around the plant can be mulched with compost, or humus.

The plant does not need frequent fertilizers.. Quite enough in early spring feed the bushes with either organic fertilizer or synthetic universal fertilizer.

Such a beautiful variety of raspberries is quite frost-resistant. She tolerates moderately frosty winters, but if the winter is not snowy, and the frosts are quite strong, it is necessary to additionally sprinkle the roots with earth.

At proper care, such a raspberry is not only suitable as a delicious gastronomic delight, but will also delight the eye with its unique beauty and originality.

In North America, many large-fruited forms of blackberries grow. Several large-fruited interspecific hybrids were bred from them, named after the names of their authors: Loganberry, Boysenberry, Youngberry . In amateur gardens, all these hybrids are sometimes found under the same name - Loganberry.

They differ from their "ancestors" in the absence of thorns, the large mass of berries and their good taste, high yield, less susceptibility to disease and late harvest, when there are no more fresh berries in the garden. They do not clog the garden, because they do not form root offspring.

Raspberry-blackberry hybrids are a sprawling shrub with arched shoots up to 2 m long or more, which must be tied to a trellis, because under the weight of berries they can touch the soil. They are very decorative during flowering, because their large pale pink flowers, similar to chamomile, are collected in huge brushes of 15-20 pieces.

But even more beautiful are the bushes, hung with garlands of large black, shiny berries that ripen from late August until frost. They are sweet, with a hint of blackberry. Separation of dry berries. Transportable, after removal they do not "flow" up to 5 days. And this is also important. Their yield is much higher than that of raspberries.

Hybrids are grown in much the same way as blackberries and black raspberries. They reproduce by rooting the tops of annual shoots, lignified and green cuttings annual shoots and seeds.

Those wishing to breed these hybrids in the absence of ready-made planting material it is recommended to propagate them by seeds. To do this, in a city apartment, the seeds are laid in December-January for 3-4 months for stratification. The easiest way to do it is this.

Seeds are placed in a damp cotton wool and incubated for two weeks at room temperature. Then they are placed in the lower part of the refrigerator and kept at a temperature of 0...5°C for at least 3 months. Every 10-12 days they need to be ventilated, opening the cotton wool for 4-5 minutes. In April, these seeds are sown in a seedling box, planting to a depth of 1-1.5 cm. Seedlings will appear in 10-15 days.

Plants are planted in rows with a distance between seedlings of 0.7-1 m, and between rows of 1.5-2 m, i.e. like raspberries. After planting, the seedlings should be cut at a height of 20-25 cm. It is advisable to tie the young shoots formed in summer to the trellis with a fan, spreading the stems on both sides of the base of the bush, and leave the center of the fan free.

In the second year, young shoots will grow from the center of the bush, which must be launched vertically, tying them in a loose bundle in the middle of the fan. In the autumn, after harvesting, the old shoots are removed, and the next year, young shoots will take their place on the trellis.

In the spring, dried and frozen shoots are removed, leaving 4-5 strong, healthy, well-developed. At the same time, it is better to shorten them by 15-20 cm in order to increase the yield and size of the berries.

Plants are severely affected fungal diseases. All of them are very sensitive to cold, do not tolerate low temperatures air in winter and therefore require serious shelter in a snowless frosty winter. Trunk circles for the winter, they usually mulch with peat or sawdust with a layer of up to 10 cm, they put spruce branches on top of them, and the branches are pressed to the ground and covered with any covering material, and then with snow.

For those who like to experiment, the following varieties deserve attention.

boysenberry - drought-resistant variety, gives a good harvest even with a lack of moisture. Shoots are very strong. The berries are large, purple, when ripe, change their color to purple-black. The pulp is sour, with a hint of blackberry. Berries are suitable for all types of processing.

loganberry , or Loganberry - the very first hybrid of raspberries and blackberries. Its bushes are less powerful than those of the latter. The yield of berries is moderate, the term ripening - late. Berries have dark color and ripen in early September.

sunberry - a modern late-ripening variety. The shoots are covered with numerous small and rather soft spines. The berries are burgundy-red at the beginning of ripening, and almost black when fully ripe.

Tyberry - a modern mid-season variety. The bushes are powerful, with beautiful leaves. The berries are elongated (up to 4 cm), weighing 5-10 g, sweet and sour, with a hint of blackberry. Suitable for all types of processing and fresh consumption. Fruiting is annual, plentiful, from the end of August until frost.

youngberry - late-ripening variety. Berries are suitable for all types of processing and fresh consumption.

This culture has another advantage. Her bushes grown on a trellis are very decorative. It's beautiful hedge with dark green shiny leaves, strewn with large pale purple flowers, and later with berries until late autumn.

V. Shafransky

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The history of the origin of the variety and its description

A hybrid of raspberries and blackberries called "Taybury" appeared not so long ago, in 1969 it was selected at the Scottish Plant Institute. As the main plant for crossing, the blackberry of the Aurora variety was chosen, which was pollinated with pollen of selective raspberries. The final result turned out to be quite successful, because the new plant combines the excellent taste properties of its prototypes. Juiciness, slight sourness and a pleasant aroma, which is different, but at the same time similar to the smells of raspberries and blackberries - these are the qualities that this culture possesses.

The berries of the Taiberi variety are quite large in size and are painted in a bright purple hue. The largest specimens can reach as much as 6 cm in length. Another pleasant feature of this plant is its excellent fertility. About 9 tons of crops can be harvested from 1 hectare of land. Taybury got its name thanks to the Tay River, on the banks of which the Institute of Plant Growing was built.

Blackberry-raspberry "Taybury" has the appearance of a sprawling bush with many long, strong branches, densely dotted with small thorns. The foliage is painted in a dark green shade, has a trifoliate shape. The fruits of this plant begin to ripen in mid-July, and the fruiting period itself lasts quite a long time.

The variety "Taybury" has a characteristic feature: it gives very few root offspring, so it is customary to propagate it by root cuttings or air buds. Effective way breeding of this culture is reproduction by layering, in which the shoot takes root in the ground without being separated from the mother bush.

The average plant height reaches 2.5 m. Among the advantages of the Taiberi blackberry, it is worth highlighting its high resistance to diseases and pests, as well as undemanding soil.

Blackberry "Taybury" planting and care

Features of growing crops

If you decide to purchase blackberry seedlings to plant it on your site, approach the purchase of such a product responsibly. It is advisable to choose plants with several shoots, and the branches should look healthy and strong. Note that the foliage is green and fresh, without spots. The roots must be inside the earthy coma, be strong, not dry and not brittle.

When choosing a site for planting, give preference to a well-lit place that is not blown by drafts. Taiberi blackberry loves warmth and sun, as well as nutritious loose soil. Also note that the soil must be previously cleared of perennial weeds. Since the culture will reach a considerable height in the course of its growth, provide it with a support to which it will cling. You can create a support yourself by digging two-meter poles into the ground and pulling several rows of wire between them.

Starting planting blackberries, dig a hole in the prepared place with a diameter and depth of about 50 cm. Also prepare the soil mixture by mixing garden soil with 5 kg of manure, 100 g of superphosphate and 50 g potash fertilizers. Dig the bush up to the level of the root collar. After planting, the plant must be cut, shortening the shoots to 25-30 cm. Sprinkling the roots with earth and tamping them, pour the blackberry with enough water, about 5 liters of liquid should fall on one bush. So that the water does not evaporate too quickly, and the earth does not dry out and crack, mulch the near-stem space with peat or compost. Make a layer of mulch 7-8 cm high.

The development period of the Taiberi variety is 2 years. In the first season, buds are tied on the bush, and by the second year, the blackberry begins to bear fruit. At the same time, old shoots die off on the plant. It is during this period that you need to form the crown of the bushes, so that later it would be convenient for you to work with the plant and harvest from it. The most common method of forming blackberry bushes is a fan. It means that the branches of the past year, on which the berries have ripened this season, are tied to the trellis, pointing in one direction. Young shoots are directed in the other direction, creating a semblance of a plant fan.

With the onset of spring, when sap flow has not yet begun, the plant is subjected to formative pruning. Too long branches and those that develop incorrectly are cut to about a third of their length.

During the fruiting period, blackberries may require some shade, as the berries deteriorate in direct sunlight. To create a shadow, a protective net can be pulled over the bushes. Such a net will not only protect the plant from the hot sun, but also protect it from birds. The Taiberi blackberry crop matures for a long time and can be harvested until the onset of cold weather.

plant care

Care of any plant consists, first of all, in the organization of the irrigation system. The most important period when the blackberry needs regular irrigation is the time of its active growth, as well as fruiting. "Taybury" needs to be watered until the very end of the season, until the onset of cold weather.

It is customary to fertilize blackberries every 3 years. large quantity compost. It is applied under each bush at the rate of 4-5 kg ​​per plant. In other periods of the life of the culture, it is also fed with nitrophoska or some other mineral compositions. About 20 g of such fertilizer should fall on 1 m² of area.

Reproduction of raspberry-blackberry "Taiberi"

A hybrid of raspberries and blackberries "Taiberi" can be propagated in several ways. One of the popular methods is the propagation of culture by layering. This procedure is considered very effective, as it ensures good survival of young plants and subsequent rich harvests. Reproduction by layering is carried out in several stages:

1. Near mother plant loosen the soil to a depth of 30 cm. A small amount of coarse sand is also added to the ground and mixed with the soil. All clods of earth that come across during digging are crushed.
2. Having chosen the desired branch, it is freed from foliage for a length of about 30-40 cm.
3. Then a knot is found on the shoot and an oblique incision 5 cm long and a “tongue” are made there. The damaged area is immediately disinfected.
4. The branch is bent to the ground and cut into the prepared hole. The "tongue" is bent and fixed, and the aerial part of the shoot is installed on a vertical support.
5. The cut is sprinkled with earth, tamped a little and watered abundantly. The branch should take root in about 1-1.5 years. After this time, you can check if roots have appeared on the shoot. To do this, a lump of earth around the process can be slightly lifted with a pitchfork.
6. In autumn or spring, a new plant is cut off from the mother bush and transferred to a new place.

Another way to propagate Taiberi blackberries is cuttings. It consists of the following:

1. In the first weeks of summer, cuttings are cut from the mother plant - fragments of young green branches, on which at least 1 bud is present.
2. Then they prepare containers for planting by filling them with a mixture of sand and peat.
3. Cuttings are planted in these containers, the soil is moistened and covered with a film, after which they are placed in a warm place. In greenhouse conditions, the cuttings are kept for about a month, providing them with good moisture.
4. When the cuttings take root, they can be transferred to the garden.

Sometimes the Taiberi blackberry is propagated by root cuttings. To do this, first dig a plant bush from the ground and select suitable roots. They must be strong, healthy and exceed 5 mm in thickness. Such roots are divided into fragments of 5-6 cm and cuttings are dug into the ground to a depth of 15 cm. Planted plants are sprinkled with fertile soil from above, well moistened and periodically fed with fertilizers. From time to time, the soil is loosened so that the roots have access to oxygen.

As you can see, it is not difficult to grow Taiberi blackberries on your site. The main advantages of such a crop are its unpretentiousness, frost resistance, resistance to diseases and pests, high productivity and excellent taste.

Blackberry "Taybury". Video

Raspberry is one of the favorite berries among the people, in addition to growing in gardens, this berry can be found on forest clearings and fringes. The closest relative of raspberries, blackberries are also popular and are very similar to raspberries. Have you heard of jellyfish and do you know what it is?

- this variety is one of the best among the raspberries. This hybrid of raspberries and blackberries is a fairly new variety, the berries of which have an amazing aroma and taste that surpasses both raspberries and blackberries. Initially, this hybrid was prickly, with a powerful bush. Thornless plants are now being bred, but the size and yield of these species are smaller than those of thorny crops. Boysenberry begins to bear fruit at the end of July, continues until the end of August. Berries as they ripen change color from a thick cherry to an inky hue. The berries are glossy, large up to 12 g. Up to 5 kg of berries can be collected from one bush.

Did you know? Raspberries - medicinal plant and one of the most delicious medicines. Our distant ancestors used not only berries for medicinal purposes, but also raspberry stems, leaves and flowers. Today, only the lazy one does not know about the benefits of raspberry jam and the incomparable taste of tea from raspberry sticks.

Durrow

Ezhemalin variety Darrow – it is a bush up to three meters tall, with strong, upright, prickly stems. The variety has decorative leaves in the form of fingers. The berries are small - up to 4 g in weight, when ripe, almost black, glossy, elongated. The variety is tall and the shoots are long, therefore, so that under the weight of leaves and berries, and the yield of the variety is high, the stems do not break, they need a garter. In terms of taste, Darrow is inferior to Boysenberry, since the taste is somewhat sour. But Darrow has excellent winter hardiness, withstanding temperatures down to -34 degrees. This allows it to grow in regions with cold weather conditions. The yield of the hybrid is pleasing: from one bush you can collect up to 10 kg of berries.

Important! For planting raspberries, you need to choose a site protected from drafts, illuminated, with a deep level of occurrence ground water, with drained and nutritious soil.

Ezhemalina Loganberry, as stated in the description of the variety, is one of the most famous raspberry-blackberry hybrids bred in the USA. The hybrid is distinguished by a creeping bush, shoots come with and without thorns. In the Thornless Loganberry variety, the stems and petioles of the foliage, as well as the foliage itself, are pubescent with a soft pile. The foliage of the hybrid is grayish-green, with a silvery lower part of the plate. The bush is not particularly branched, but as it grows, the number of side shoots increases. Ripening times are the same as those of raspberries. The berries are cone-shaped, up to 4 cm long and about 2 cm in diameter, the weight of the berry is up to 8 g. The taste is more like the sweetness of raspberries than blackberries, the color of the berries is also light - crimson. Variety brushes carry up to six berries, up to 6 kg can be collected from one bush.

Tayberry raspberry cultivardiffers in long, creeping burgundy shoots, with small thorns. Flowering begins in July, and the ripening of berries - in the second half of August. On hanging racemes - up to six almost burgundy, elongated berries. The taste of berries is similar to raspberry, and the pleasant aroma resembles lollipops. Tayberry's cultivar has good performance productivity - 5 kg from one bush.

The main advantage of the variety is disease resistance. In addition, the variety grows on all types of soil. The shoots of the variety need a garter to the trellis, while you need to properly position them: the stems should not obscure each other. The hybrid responds well to the introduction of organic matter in early spring.

Attention! In regions with a cold climate, creeping varieties of blackberry need to be prepared for the winter. Remove the stems from the supports, lay on the ground and cover. As a covering material, you can use straw, foliage, peat, spruce branches.

Texas

Ezhemalina varieties Texas described as a crop suitable for growing in regions with frosty winters. The plant bears fruit and not bad even in cold summer conditions. The minus of the variety is the abundance of thorns and not too sweet taste. The advantage is the yield of the variety - up to 6 kg of berries per bush and high productivity - up to 15 years. This hybrid of blackberry and raspberry has a bush with creeping shoots, the length of which is up to 4 m. large leaves green at the top and whitish at the bottom. The bush blooms with fragrant large flowers, by the way, there are even thorns on the pedicel. Berries, ripening, from scarlet become rich burgundy. The taste of berries is sweet and sour.

Interesting! In ancient times, blackberries were considered magical plant, many pagan religions and cults of Europe used blackberries in their rituals. In everyday life, blackberries, or rather their juice, were used to dye fabrics.

A hybrid of blackberries and raspberries absorbed best qualities both berries. Ezhemalin due to its rich composition has undoubted health benefits. The composition of the berry contains such micro- and macroelements as magnesium, zinc, calcium, copper, iron, potassium, in addition, vitamins B, K, PP and E. Regular consumption of berries will saturate the body with almost all the substances it needs.

If you want to surprise guests or please your children with unusual berries, try growing a hybrid of raspberries and strawberries with seductive bright fruits, or black raspberries with a delicious aroma. Compared to ordinary red raspberries, this delicacy is sure to impress everyone and arouse genuine interest.

Photo of a hybrid of strawberries and raspberries

Hearing about such a curiosity, experienced gardeners shrug their shoulders mockingly: impossible to cross herbaceous plant and woody shrubbery, cunning merchants just cash in on naive newbies! However, seedlings and seeds of hybrids garden strawberry with raspberries are still successfully sold on the market at obscene prices. Moreover, unusual plants really grow from them ...

How did the breeders manage to bring out the new kind, called club raspberries or raspberries from two dissimilar cultures? After all, it is known that the raspberry fruit is a fused drupe, and the strawberry fruit is an overgrown receptacle with tiny nuts. What kind of berries can be obtained by crossing?

Video about a hybrid of raspberries and strawberries

It turns out that the seedlings that we offer under the guise of raspberry-strawberries, and abroad called Strawberry-Raspberry, are in fact a dwarf variety of raspberry Rubus illecebrosus Focke. You can find it under other names:

• seductive,
• illecebroid,
• tibetan,
• Chinese,
• himalayan,
• strawberry or strawberry
• dwarf.

Planting and growing a hybrid occurs according to the usual rules. As a result, a semi-shrub grows from half a meter and above, with reddish prickly shoots and pinnate leaves. From the end of June, the plant is covered with large white flowers, and by August, fruiting begins (on annual shoots), which lasts until autumn frosts.

Photo of a hybrid of strawberries and raspberries

The berries of this plant really look unusual, reminiscent of appearance large garden strawberries. The taste is sweet, pleasant, close to raspberry, but still somewhat inferior to the taste of ordinary raspberries. Up to five berries weighing about 3 g ripen on fruit branches, the harvest is quite good.

Another hybrid - raspberries(strawberry-raspberry or strasberry), has nothing to do with raspberries: the berries are only slightly similar in appearance to it, due to their rounded shape and dark red color. In fact, this is an unusual garden strawberries, which was grown abroad in the early 20th century.

Given the cost of planting material for these exclusive plants and the rather mediocre taste of their berries, it is more expedient to allocate more space on the site for large delicious fruits, and leave raspberry-strawberry hybrids only as exotics and for decorating desserts.

The situation is quite different with hybrids obtained from crossing ordinary raspberries and blackberries. Breeders have long been diligently breeding all new varieties of blackberry, trying to combine in one culture all the most valuable qualities two parent cultures. And domestic gardeners are happy to grow dark purple raspberries along with red-fruited raspberry varieties on their plots.

In the photo zhemmalina

For what qualities is this amazing berry culture? From blackberries, she received unpretentiousness, high productivity and large-fruitedness, and from raspberries - a pleasant aroma and good winter hardiness.

Ezhemalina has an original sour-sweet taste, which in some varieties only remotely resembles the taste of parent crops. At the same time, most gardeners confidently declare that the taste of raspberry berries is much better than that of ordinary raspberries or blackberries.

When breeding many modern raspberry varieties with large fruits, raspberry-blackberry hybrids were used. This explains the formation of multi-berry branched racemes, characteristic of blackberries, and the lack of frost resistance of large-fruited raspberry varieties.

Photo of a blackberry

The first hybrid from blackberries and raspberries was obtained in 1881 by an American breeder. A new amazing culture was named after him - Loganberry or logan berry. Until now, this old variety is popular with gardeners due to its tasty red berries of a fairly large size (about 4 cm in length) and early ripening. And the modern clone of the Loganberry hybrid still does not have thorns.

In European countries, Taiberry raspberry is the most famous with dark red elongated fruits of wonderful taste. The variety is distinguished by early friendly fruiting and incredible productivity - up to 12 kg can be harvested from one bush. Tayberry attracts not only with delicious berries, but also with beautiful flowering, thanks to which the bushes can perform a decorative function on the site. Additional benefits: resistance to diseases, good survival bushes and excellent fruit transportability.

Video about Tyberry

Raspberry varieties often include garden blackberry Silvan. It is valued for its great sweet taste and is considered one of the best in taste, second only to the Boysenberry hybrid. Black shiny fruits of the Silvan variety are very large (with good care reach a weight of 12 g), have the shape of a strongly elongated cone. Up to 10 berries can ripen in one branch, about 4 kg of crop can be obtained from a bush. Fruiting begins from the end of July, and maturation in the hands occurs unevenly. However, Silvan has a big minus - very thorny bushes.

Among the popular blackberry-raspberry hybrids, Texas, Sunberry, Youngberry and Marion also deserve attention. But the chokeberry is not a blackberry - it is a separate variety of black raspberries, similar to blackberries in appearance and smell.