Cascade Harvest cv.

Fruit & Plant Characteristics

The Washington State University (WSU) released the Cascade Harvest variety in 2015. It is a red raspberry, floricane cultivar developed by the plant breeder, Dr. Patrick Moore, and his team.

The Cascade Harvest raspberry variety produces high yields of large, well flavored fruit. It is sweet, with a mild tart flavor. The fruit has a long, conic shape with many droplets per berry. Berries average 5.1 g per fruit. Its medium red color and large fruit size make the Cascade Harvest variety well suited for fresh, frozen and processed markets.

The attractive raspberries release very easily from the receptacles at an early stage of maturity, facilitating the harvest. With its excellent firmness, fruit of the Cascade Harvest variety maintains its integrity well when harvested by machine or by hand.

The Cascade Harvest is an erect floricane raspberry variety that has numerous dark purple prickles at the base of the primocane. Few to no prickles are present past a meter height. The upright plant is easy to prune and tie and shows very good growth.

 

Climatic Requirements

Under the cool, marine moderated conditions of western Washington State, harvest of the Cascade Harvest variety begins in early July with ninety-five percent (95%) of the total raspberry crop harvested by the end of the month. It yields an average of 9,100 kg per hectare.

The Cascade Harvest raspberry variety requires upwards of 600 hours of accumulated chilling hours during the winter in order to properly set the flower buds.

 

Disease Resistance

The Cascade Harvest raspberry variety offers good disease resistance. It is moderately tolerant to Phytophthora root rot and shows a much better resistance than alternative cultivars like Willamette or Meeker. The Cascade Harvest variety is resistant to the common strain of Raspberry Bushy Dwarf Virus (RBDV).

 

*Characteristics may vary depending on weather conditions, day length, soil type and location.