A vigorous, upright plant producing firm, dark blue fruit with a good, rich flavour that is sweet, but tangy. The fruit ripens during July, a little after the earliest varieties, and slightly before the main mid-season ones. Spartan is late-flowering, so can avoid damage from late frosts, but requires cross-pollination for best yields, so grow along side a different variety. Performs best on well-drained soils, and has some resistance to the fungal disease 'Mummy Berry'.
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Features:
- An open, upright habit, canes can need "topping" in the growing season to encourage branching.
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