Northern Red Raspberry Seeds

currently unavailable Rich Strong Flavor-Small Seeded-Highly Vigorous Canes

One of best flavored raspberries with tiny seeds and flavor much like the thimbleberry. Northern red raspberry is a small fruit with a big flavor. Each plant grows a cluster of 2-3  thornless canes that reach only 2-3 ft. tall. The canes live for 2 years before production ends and new ones take their place. This is a stoloniferous selection with no tip layering and is easy to propagate by root cuttings. I found the original plants near Paradise, Michigan as well as colonies on Lake Huron. I collected the seed and made a planting of roughly 50 plants from these seedlings at the farm. Over time, this colony grew tremendously mixing with the quack grass and star thistle.  There was some variation in the plants as far as the fruit size goes but in general most are roughly 1/4 to 1/2 inch red berries that ripen in early summer. The yields are low compared to cultivated berries and this might be where you could find higher yielding plants. I did find a few plants like this in my plantings but have not named them or separated them yet as I am not sure if they should be clonally produced as something better than what I found. 

This species will grow in high mineral rock and sand and still be productive. It is best to plant this species in full sun. I'll never forget seeing a group of people near the Lake Superior shoreline picking berries of these in a very large extended patch all along the shoreline. The berries were plentiful. So location, location, location might be an influence in yield.