BERRIES WITH A DELICIOUS DIFFERENCE

BLUEBERRIES

THESE need acidic soil, so unless you live in an area that heathers and rhododendrons favour, they need to be grown wn in a container with ericaceous compost. This means any garden can accommodate a bush or two.

JAPANESE WINEBERRIES

GROW on very decorative purple furred canes (right) and taste similar to a raspberry but fuller and more like a fine wine. They tolerate most soils and positions. Space the canes two metres apart and treat like summer-fruiting raspberries, cutting the old fruiting canes back to the ground each October. LOGANBERRIES

A CROSS between an American dewberry and a raspberry, and resembling a blackberry in growth and a raspberry in appearance. Sour when raw, but exceptional once cooked. A good plant to grow against a shady fence or wall. Replace fruiting canes each year, though they sometimes fruit on second or even third year canes. MULBERRIES

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JOSTABERRIES

A CROSS between gooseberries and blackcurrants and an ideal choice if you have room for only one fruit bush in a container. Use for any recipe that calls for gooseberries or blackcurrants. Will fruit for ten years or more. Prune like blackcurrants.