Rubus idaeus 'Fall Gold' (Everbearing Raspberry)

Fall Gold is the golden raspberry for people who want maximum sweetness with minimum fuss. The berries are big, conical, and a warm apricot-gold color when fully ripe, with a flavor that earns the description sweet as candy without apology. The fruit is firm enough to hold its shape in handling but soft enough to melt at room temperature, which means it's best eaten the same day it's picked or frozen immediately for preserves. A bowl of Fall Gold raspberries, picked warm from the canes in late September, is one of the genuinely great pleasures of a kitchen garden.

This is an everbearing variety, fruiting on the tips of first-year canes from August through October. Oregon's south coast is excellent territory for fall raspberries: the mild autumns let the harvest stretch well past when it would end in colder climates, and the consistent marine moisture keeps plants from stressing out during fruit fill.

For the simplest management, mow all canes to the ground after the fall harvest and let new primocanes come up fresh each spring.