Organic Raspberry Autumn Happy Malling (Everbearing) - Rubus idaeus

The 'Malling Happy' Organic Raspberry Bush is a new British variety to delight raspberry lovers. Its enormous, conical-shaped fruits can reach up to 4 cm (2in) in length and are both sweet and highly aromatic, a true delight! They are borne on upright, reddish, thornless canes, making them easy to harvest. The bush has a somewhat upright habit and is of medium to strong vigour. Plant from October to March for a harvest from early August until October.

The 'Malling Happy' Raspberry is perhaps the variety that produces the largest raspberries. Raspberries should be consumed shortly after picking to fully enjoy their flavour, as they do not keep for very long. If you have a bountiful harvest, consider making sauces, sorbets, ice creams, tarts or jams. They can also be frozen. Production reaches its normal level in the third year after planting. A plant can produce fruit for several years, around ten years.

The 'Malling Happy' variety was selected at the East Malling Research Station in Kent, England. It is rather vigorous and slightly suckering. It is a perpetual variety. Indeed, there are remontant varieties, which produce in June on the previous year's canes and from August to October on the current year's canes, and non-remontant varieties, which have a bountiful harvest in summer, more or less early depending on the region and selection.

The Raspberry Bush is a deciduous shrub with upright canes, forming a bush about 1.50 m (5ft) in all directions over time. This 'Malling Happy' variety can reach a height of 1.60 m (5ft) to 1.70 m (6ft) with a spread of 1 m (3ft). The canes are biennial, each with the characteristic of dying after fruiting. Every year, suckers emerge from their roots, usually armed with small, relatively non-prickly thorns, except in certain selected varieties. The Raspberry Bush has green leaves on top, white-green and woolly on the underside. The flowering is highly attractive to bees. The white flowers are small (1 to 2 cm (0 to 1in) in diameter), grouped in small clusters of 10 to 12, and appear in June-July in this variety. Small, easily detachable drupes form the fruits at maturity.

The Raspberry Bush belongs to the Rosaceae family, like strawberries, blackberries, and wild roses. It is native to Europe and temperate Asia, where it grows in cool climates alongside elderberry, beech, or mountain ash, especially in mountainous woodlands but also in plains.