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  1. Summerman, gardener and gardener (anonymous)

    Many thanks for such an instructive article

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  2. Natalia

    Collecting every year an abundant harvest of blackberry raspberries of the Cumberland variety, I advise all owners of summer cottages to allocate for this plant several tens of meters in their garden. You will not regret!

    Appearing at the end of the 70-ies of the 20 century on the territory of the former USSR in amateur gardens, Cumberland very quickly gained sympathy among gardeners due to high yields, low demand for growing conditions and good frost resistance.

    Not blackberries
    Externally, black raspberries are very similar to blackberries. And the fruits are similar in taste. But Cumberland has a characteristic characteristic only for it: black-violet with a waxy covering of berry-bones (about 2 g) are removed from branches without white pedicels. And black raspberries do not give root shoots, unlike ordinary raspberries and some varieties of blackberries.
    Place under the sun
    Blackberry raspberry is considered to be a relatively drought-resistant plant, but watering, especially during the ripening period of berries, significantly increases the yield and taste of berries. As for the landing site, she loves the sun, although she does not feel bad in the penumbra. Given the height of the bush (from 2 to 4 m, depending on the care), it is desirable to grow Cumberland on a trellis (2 m), with seedlings best planted at a distance of 1 m from each other. In this case, the berries grow around the perimeter, and not in the depths of the bush, and the strong stabbing of the plant does not prevent them from collecting.

    TIP: Multiplying the Cumberland bush is the easiest way to airlift. At the end of summer, bend to the ground and dig in the well-fertilized soil the tip of the young shoot. Root the residue and then maintain the soil moisture. In 4 weeks, the escape turns to its own roots.
    Growing in my garden and black-berry raspberry with the romantic name of the Black Pearl. This sort of medium ripening period refers to a new generation of black raspberries with improved biochemical composition of berries. It is distinguished by larger fruits. Although both of these varieties are proud to call "black pearls" of my garden ..

    PREPARATION FOR WINTER
    After harvesting, the fruit-bearing shoots of the black-berry raspberry are cut to the ground level. This saves the bush from unnecessary "mouth" and helps ripen young shoots, which is very important for preparation for winter and fruit bearing next year.

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  3. Lyudmila

    And in my garden replenishment! An amazing berry has already ripened - something in between a raspberry and a blackberry (ezemalia). The neighbor made friends last year: almost from the heart tore two seedlings of hybrid raspberries of the Cumberland variety.
    I have not received any detailed instructions on landing and care. I was only warned that a long, prickly vine would grow under 3 m. And yet, that it was not necessary to prune it: it was better to let the tops root for quick reproduction.
    The council accepted, but she began to look after the new ones, as well as her raspberries: she fed and watered generously.
    When the seedlings a little overgrew my height, one of them cut off so that the harvest was more convenient to collect.
    The top of the other bush led to the rooting, on the advice of a neighbor, to the wall of the summer kitchen, before arranging the trellis there. It has got accustomed quickly, now only and I do.
    The tops are located at a distance of 1 m from each other. In autumn, I cut weak shoots of substitution, leaving no more than four strong branches on the bush. Then she shortened them to 1,7-1,8 m, carefully tilted them (the branches are thick and inflexible at the bottom - they can break) and tied them to the trellis. Two buckets of humus spilled out under each bush. She didn’t harbor anything for the winter.
    By this summer, seven excellent bushes have turned out. Come for a treat - the berry is ripening large, sweet. I just can’t decide on the taste: today raspberry is clearly felt, and tomorrow - a delicate blackberry.

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  4. Oksana

    I’ve been growing Cumberland since I bought the plot. There is no special trouble with her. It grows between my house and the neighboring shed in a narrow section of 2 × 10 m. I fertilize it with humus. Young shoots do not touch all summer. Sometimes they grow up to 5 m, bend their ends to the ground and root. In autumn, I cut them in the middle of the vine in half. One part of the mother liquor is the main shoot, I leave it in place, and the other goes to a new bush. This is a completely normal “child”, a new generation.
    In Thanks to the rooting of the bushes of black raspberries "walk" on their plot. Therefore, for the past 14 years, raspberries have been growing in my garden on the same plot, without losing rich yields.
    I cut off the branches that have been harvested, and bind the new ones with twine. In the spring I release them, I stretch a thick nylon thread along the entire plot, and the raspberry grows freely as it wants. I do not use any special techniques, just leave the bushes for 3-4 to escape. The height of each of them does not exceed one and a half meters. When spring comes, on each shoot grow lateral
    branches and berries appear on them, which grow, like a rowan or viburnum - with a brush. At first they turn red and then turn black. There is almost no acid in them, they are very dense and can lie in the refrigerator for 3 days without spreading. And when cooking the jam does not fall apart. But it’s best to eat them fresh. Black raspberry berries have a substance that prevents the formation of cancer cells.

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