‘Latham’ was the most widely planted raspberry in the United States during the 1930s and ’40s. It remains popular today, due to its large and beautiful fruits and disease resistance.
Raspberries grow in a wide range of soil types, but the ideal environment is well drained subsoil, with full sunlight and good air circulation.
University of Minnesota Raspberry Varieties
Latham
- Vigorous plants produce lots of large, sweet, firm, bright red berries
- Plants are disease resistant
- Floricane fruiting type
- Released in 1920
Nordic
- Medium-sized, pleasant tasting berries
- Good for freezing
- Hardy to Zone 2B
- Released in 1988
Red Wing
- Early fall bearing raspberry with hardy, medium-sized fruit
- Hardy to Zone 3B
- Released in 1988
All University of Minnesota raspberry varieties
The University of Minnesota fruit breeding program has released 5 raspberry varieties since the research began. Some of the varieties listed below are no longer common or commercially available.
| Variety name | Year released |
|---|---|
| Latham | 1920 |
| Chief | 1930 |
| Itasca | 1965 |
| Redwing | 1988 |
| Nordic | 1988 |