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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NDwalleyes" data-source="post: 26491" data-attributes="member: 218">This was great advise. I sent Dr. Hatterman-Valenti an email and thought I'd share her response..........I began to wonder if you were considering purple raspberries as well as red raspberries. Most of the purples are hardy enough for North Dakota and have crown growth instead of the creeping root system. The three I would recommend would be ‘Brandywine’, ‘Royalty’, or ‘Amesyth’. The first two will be easier to find as ‘Amesyth’ was an ISU release in the 1950’s.One other reason for going with purple raspberries instead of red would be the spotted winged drosophila which two years ago was positively identified in North Dakota. This fruit fly actually inserts eggs into fruit before the fruit ripens so that by the time the fruit is ripe, little white larvae are present making the fruit unmarketable. I suppose one could still eat the infested fruit, but I have a weak stomach when it comes to eating miniature fly maggots. This fruit fly seems to be attracted to red as most of the samples that have been positively identified with SWD larvae have been red tart cherries and red raspberries. We intend to do more studies on this fruit fly now that we know it’s in North Dakota, but thought it would be good for you to be aware of it as well.- - - Updated - - -Lycan...Great to have you  back! Thanks for the information.</blockquote>