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East Malling produce orange raspberry

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Core Tip: It has taken ten years and some rather painstaking work, but horticulturists have managed to grow orange raspberries.
It has taken ten years and some rather painstaking work, but horticulturists have managed to grow orange raspberries.

The new breed, called Autumn Amber, is the same shape and size as the red raspberry and tastes the same, although some growers have said they are slightly more tangy.

orange raspberry

Horticulturalists at the East Malling Research Centre in Kent crossed a red raspberry plant with the yellow variety using natural cross-pollination techniques until they achieved the perfect orange shade.

Tom Sharples, 65, a senior horticulturalist at Suttons Seeds, said: "The breeder used cross pollination techniques to make the orange coloured raspberries.

"They used an autumn fruiting red raspberry plant with the yellow variety to make the orange shade."

 
 
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