RUBUS AND RIBES PRODUCTION IN FINLAND

Currants (Ribes sp.) and raspberries (Rubus idaeus) are grown in Finland mainly between the latitudes 60° and 64°N. The most northerly commercial farms are to be found as far north as the Arctic Circle.
The major species are the black currant (980 ha), red currant (320 ha), and the red raspberry (100 ha). Black currants yield approximately 5 t/ha and raspberries 3 t/ha.
Also gooseberry (Ribes uvacrispa) and arctic bramble (Rubus arcticus) are grown to some extent.

‘Öjebyn’ is the most common black currant cultivar in production. ‘Red Dutch’ and ‘White Dutch’ are other popular currant cultivars. ‘Muskoka’ and ‘Ottawa’ are so far the only suitable raspberry cultivars for Finnish conditions.

There is a need for new winter-hardy and productive cultivars, especially of raspberry.
Wide annual yield fluctuations are characteristic for both currants and raspberries.
Berry production is mechanized to a large extent in Finland.

V International Symposium on Rubus and Ribes

S. Hälvä, V. Matala

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.1989.262.61