Lyulin Raspberries. A Bulgarian Variety
Published: 2014-08-18
Translation
This is a translation of a Bulgarian-language post. It conveys the content faithfully but is not the author's original English writing.
Here I have copied information from AgroNet about the everbearing raspberry varieties (those that fruit twice a year), and in particular about the Bulgarian variety Lyulin, from which the raspberries of the Happy Horses Estate come.
Everbearing varieties set their first harvest on the upper parts of the canes that have grown during the current spring and summer — in the second half of summer and the beginning of autumn — and the second harvest in the spring of the following year. For our country, the following varieties deserve attention:
Lyulin. A Bulgarian variety, created by L. Hristov in 1982. This first everbearing Bulgarian variety can be grown without a support structure, for summer-autumn harvesting only. The plants are of moderate growth. The canes are upright, relatively thick, moderately covered with small thorns. The fruit is medium to large, blunt-conical, intensely red and glossy. When cut, it does not darken. The flesh is relatively dense, juicy, sweet-sour, with a very good taste and a moderate aroma. It is used for fresh consumption, and is especially suitable for processing and freezing.
The fruit of the summer-autumn harvest begins to ripen in the last ten days of August and continues to the beginning of October — in a cool autumn, until 10-12 October — that is, almost simultaneously with Heritage. The main part of the harvest is gathered by the end of September. The fruit of the spring-summer harvest begins to ripen toward the end of June, but is significantly smaller. The summer-autumn yield is high — up to 1,000-1,500 kg per decare under irrigated conditions, and up to 700 kg without irrigation.
Growing this variety by mowing down the one-year-old canes that have fruited in the autumn, and without a support structure, combined with the high yield, makes it very promising — especially for regions no higher than 550-600 m in Northern Bulgaria and up to 650-700 m in Southern Bulgaria, with a warm and long autumn and evenly distributed rainfall (650-700 mm). It is resistant to Didymella and Coniothyrium.