Common raspberry 'Heritage'

Prune by cutting all canes to the ground in winter.²

Fall bearers produce at the tip of the first year canes (called primocanes), and later on branch laterals in summer of the next year.³

Plant in a location that enjoys partial sun and remember to water moderately. Keep in mind when planting that Heritage is thought of as hardy, so Heritage will tend to go dormant or grow slowly over the winter months. Heritage requires a clay soil with a ph of 5.7 - 6.0 - it grows best in weakly acidic soil.

Not usually from seed. Can be propagated from runners put out from a mature plant in the summer. Dig these up and pot up or transplant into an new bed.
Usually grown from canes purchased in the autumn

Try to ensure a gap of at least 1.62 feet (50.0 cm) when sowing to prevent overcrowding your seedlings.

Choose sunny spot, remove the weeds and dig in well rotted compost. Plant the canes about 50 cm apart. Autumn raspberries do not usually need support

Ensure that temperatures are mild and all chance of frost has passed before planting out, as Heritage is a hardy plant.

Harvest as the berries ripen. They freeze well if needed, to collect an amount for jam or ice cream

Expect harvests to start to occur in mid autumn.

¹ Diggers notes

² Raspberries: management of autumn fruiting cultivars by Graeme McGregor, Knoxfield July 1996

³ The vegetable patch