Rosanna Red Raspberry

I've trialed a lot of raspberries over a couple of decades, and Rosanna has always outdone them all on flavor. The canes are finicky and never quite thrive like other raspberries, but the flavor is worth it. I live in the Seattle area.

I ordered 10 4in raspberries, one was a stem with no leaves, the others looked fine. I left them in my sunroom with addition of grow lights to darken and strengthen them, before I put in the ground. They looked weak after shipping.

I live in the San Juan Islands (7B) and planted Rosanna and Anne two years ago, in neighboring beds with identical growing conditions. So far Anne has overwhelmed and Rosanna has underwhelmed. Rosanna has grown well and set tons of fruit, but sets 6-8 weeks later than Anne and the few ripe berries I ve eaten are small and tart. Going to try to prune for an early crop this year (on last year s canes) as a last resort. Otherwise I ll pull them out at the end of the summer and plant Caroline, which was my original choice but was sold out when I placed my order. This may simply be a case of a raspberry that would do well further south.