Malling Promise
Variety of Raspberry · Rubus idaeus
Very early, productive summer raspberry from the Malling breeding programme.
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4🇬🇧 United Kingdom 1946
Taste & characteristics
Taste
mildjuicysweet
Profile
- Parentage
- Newburgh x Lloyd George
- Breeder
- East Malling Research Station
- Pollination
- self-fertile
- Fruit weight
- 4 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Large, light-red, juicy berries with mild flavour; somewhat soft.
Growth
Very vigorous, early-breaking canes.
Yield
Early, high yield.
Notes
Historically important early cultivar, less suited to transport.
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