A vigorous summer fruiting raspberry that is an excellent cultivar for the home garden. The upright cane have a large diameter and minimum spines allowing for a simple pain-free picking experience. The fruit is a stunning dark red and their size is exceptional – some berries have been known to weigh in at 7g! The berries are fleshy, conical, and have a superbly sweet and aromatic flavour. Magna is a high yielder and shows good disease resistance particularly to aphid and bushy dwarf virus. Excellent for freezing.
Cropping season: mid July-mid August. Self fertile.
*Bareroot – November to March is the ideal time to plant bare-root plants. These are plants that have been grown in open ground, then dug up for dispatch and planting during the dormant season. They are called ‘bare-root’ plants as they are supplied with no soil around their roots. They will come packed in damp compost to stop the roots drying out and should be planted as soon as possible. As long as the compost is kept damp planting can be delayed for a few weeks if necessary.