Amity Red Raspberry Plant

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Description

Great for home gardeners. Produces beautiful, large red berries with an outstanding sweet flavor. Great for fresh eating as well as jams, salads, or snacks. Cold-hardy. Early fall-bearing (everbearing) primocane with a summer crop. Self-pollinating.

Note: Do not plant Red, Gold or Purple raspberries within 75-100 feet of Black raspberries. Black raspberries may be more susceptible to viral diseases carried by aphids to and from nearby raspberry plants.

Characteristics

Bloom Color White
Fruit Color Red
Fruit Size Large
Hardiness Zone Range 3 - 9
Pollination Self-Pollinating
Ripens/Harvest July, Then Mid August
Shade/Sun Full Sun
Soil Composition Loamy
Soil Moisture Well Drained
Soil pH Level 6.0 - 6.8
Taste Sweet
Texture Firm
Years to Bear 1 - 2

Zone Compatibility

This Variety's Zone Range 3 - 9
My Hardiness Zone ?
The USDA hardiness zones offer a guide to varieties that will grow well in certain climates. Each zone corresponds to the minimum winter temperatures experienced in a given area. Make sure that your hardiness zone lies within the zone compatibility range of this variety before ordering.

Pollination

This variety is self pollinating.

In many cases, you may still want to plant pollinating partners to increase the size of your crops, but with self-pollinating varieties doing so is optional. You'll get fruit with only one plant!

Tools & Supplies

Having the proper tools and supplies when growing your own can make the difference between a good harvest and a great harvest! Here's a list that our experts recommend for this variety.

Planting & Care

Learn all about how to grow raspberry plants in The Growing Guide. An entire section of our website dedicated to your growing success.

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6 Questions
Why did you choose this?

starting new patch and need a red raspberry - trying your new one

cold hardiness

Early,cold Hardy with some resistance.

Zone hardiness was a big factor but I also wanted everbearing. This seemed like a good option

Is the July crop produced on 2nd year floricanes?

Everbearing varieties produce fruit on the primocane tips, usually in September of the first year. The second year they produce berries on lower portions of floricane that had not fruited the previous season.

How far apart should the Amity Red raspberries be planted?

Hi, Robert. We recommend 3-4' apart for all red raspberries.

Will these raspberries produce twice a year?

Yes, this variety is everbearing.

Is there a red raspberry plant that is Thornless ?

Yes, there are several. Here is a link to a page featuring 4 varieties. Just click on any photo to find out more. //www.starkbros.com/search?query=thornless+raspberry

Are these thornless?

No, this is not a thornless variety. The fruit is worth the trouble of wearing gloves, however. :-)

Customer Reviews

11 Ratings
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Rated 5 stars by 36% of reviewers

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Rated 2 stars by 27% of reviewers

Rated 1 star by 36% of reviewers

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Rated 5 out of 5
Aug 6, 2019
Great Berry
Of the five raspberries I planted, Heritage and Amity are the ones with the best flavor, by far. The Amity even have good flavor before they are fully red.
Rated 5 out of 5
Jul 30, 2019
Jumped out of the ground!
I am in Paradise CA, zone 9A, Sierra Nevada Foothills. I bought these bare root and planted them in a cool wet spring. They have exploded, and we have been picking berries now in July. Lots of new canes, can't wait to see what they do in the fall. Packed and shipped very well, best of three online nurseries I bought from by far. All of our local nurseries burned down or closed in the Camp Fire, lots of sun now for berries. Good communication on shipping, great experience overall.
Rated 5 out of 5
May 29, 2019
Great Raspberry
I am very happy with my raspberry's. They are growing nice and two of them have blooms. can't wait to taste them.
Rated 5 out of 5
May 6, 2019
Fast Growing
These are raspberry vines, not bushes. They grow very fast. Had raspberries the 1st year. This is the 2nd year and already the vines are multiplying like crazy. Very happy so far.
Rated 2 out of 5
May 29, 2019
dead plants
half of them died and did not come up in this spring
Rated 2 out of 5
May 17, 2019
Plants quite small - only one of three survived the first season
I received three small barerooted plants. I planted them in well-prepared soil at their permanent location and watered as needed. Two of the three struggled to get established. I'm waiting to see if the last of the trio made it through the winter. I think that the problem was that the plants were so small that they didn't have enough energy reserves to make it through the stress of the establishment period.
Rated 2 out of 5
May 5, 2019
Plants shipped without covering for roots
After a year of struggle this year we finally have leaves! However; three of our trees are dead even though we faithfully struggled with them.
Rated 1 out of 5
Jun 12, 2019
Poor packaging
Amity raspberries arrived with bare roots unwrapped and dry. I planted them anyway and they never sprouted. Zero stars
Rated 1 out of 5
May 5, 2019
Sorry, not as expected
Bought two this year, both died. Bought 6 or 8 last year, only 2 made it until the time of this typing. Sorry, just not worth it.
Rated 1 out of 5
May 5, 2019
Everything arrived desiccated
I had good luck with Stark products in the past, but I ordered raspberries and rhubarb, and they arrived dry and dead. 2/10 raspberries lived, none of the rhubarb did.