Very late cultivar: 7-10 days later than Elliot. It is very productive and yields very firm, delicious and good-sized fruit. Ideal to extend the harvest season until late fall.
An upright, open and vigorous bush, it is considered an industry standard. This is a mid-season to late variety whose fruit is of excellent quality suitable for the wholesale market. Its hardiness is uncertain in cold locations, especially in the first years. It has shown some degree of resistance to sclerotinia (brown rot).
A compact, semi-upright bush. Mid-season variety. It is said to be productive and to yield very good quality fruit. Susceptible to sclerotinia (brown rot).
A vigorous, semi-upright and open bush, it has a high level of suckering in fertile soil or after a low-yielding season. This early to mid-season variety boasts very good productivity and flavour. Susceptible to sclerotinia (brown rot).
This variety impresses by the huge size and very good quality of its fruit. The harvest is very good and long-lasting. This plant is moderately vigorous and of average hardiness.
A mid-season variety, promising and highly anticipated, it produces one or two days before Bluecrop. It is a very productive plant whose fruit is exceptionally firm and delicious. Harvest is very concentrated. The ideal cultivar for fresh produce markets and mechanical harvesting.
Upright and quite vigorous bush. Very good productivity, concentrated fructification, excellent storage quality. The late harvest (September) makes it an interesting variety to benefit from best market prices, but there are risks of losing the last fruits during the first autumn frosts. Should only be used on the best sites (hillsides) and strictly pruned to diminish the quantity fruit.
An open, upright bush with strong, vigorous stems. A mid-season variety that stands out by the quality of its fruit. Bunches are loose and harvest is very concentrated.
A late variety that produces one week before Elliot and with a very concentrated harvest. Fruit is light blue and very firm. It seems to have very good tolerance to temperature changes and to cold (-30° C). Very promising as a late variety.
A compact, quite vigorous bush with lateral growth that can sometimes be excessive. Very productive mid-season variety with average quality fruit. Once harvested, the fruit will rapidly decrease in quality if exposed to sunlight. This better known variety from Minnesota must be strictly handpicked. Its compact form allows for better protection of the flower buds by snow. Resistant to sclerotinia (brown rot).
A vigorous, semi-upright bush whose regrowth promotes lateral spread that can sometimes be excessive, except in thin, poor soils. Very hardy and productive. Its fruit is of good quality and will reach a more acceptable size with adequate pruning. Susceptible to sclerotinia (brown rot).
Open, upright and quite vigorous bush that can grow to 59 in. (1.5 m.) in height at maturity and in Southwestern Quebec. Very popular here for its hardiness, productivity an adaptability to heavier soils. Excellent for handpicking when the fruit is completely ripe. Fruit is very large at the start of the season, but softens after one day of storage. Resistant to red core disease but susceptible to sclerotinia (brown rot).
New variety with a very vigorous, upright and open bush. The quality of fruit is very high. Originating from New Zealand, this variety is very early, very productive and well adapted to various types of soil. Preliminary observations here indicate it seems better adapted to our climate than many other varieties introduced in recent years.
An upright and quite vigorous bush. Average productivity of excellent quality fruit suitable for fresh produce markets. This early variety is not well adapted to heavy soils. Similarly to Duke, the presence of leaves late in the fall does not tend towards a good level of hardiness. It has a certain degree of resistance to sclerotinia (brown rot).
A mid-season variety, its fruit is light blue and large during the entire season, bunched like grapes and very easy to pick. This cultivar is well adapted to heavy soil and recommended for mechanical harvesting.
Very late cultivar: 7-10 days later than Elliot. It is very productive and yields very firm, delicious and good-sized fruit. Ideal to extend the harvest season until late fall.