Status: Active

Overview

Raspberry Burst was a shorter dwarf that produced quite nice tasting red fruit with some slight striping in the red shades with anthocyanin. Jewel Beetle was a larger dwarf green when ripe with stripes in a grape/egg shape. Combining both of these felt like a good cross to explore genetics and how they react. Early plants will be grown for seed collection and observations, once to the F2 stage we will select for size and fruits showing stripes combined with anthocyanin.

Parentage

Female Parent: Jewel Beetle

Male Parent: Raspberry Burst

Original Cross Year: 2026

Internal Project Code: RBJB

Project Goals

Primary goals currently under evaluation:

• Preserve the flavor quality and production potential associated with Raspberry Burst

• Bring chlorophyll retention together with anthocyanin and striping

• Maintain strong vigor despite compressed plant architecture

• Evaluate ornamental and container-growing potential

• Observe segregation patterns related to plant stature and fruit coloration

Current Active Generations: F1 Population

Current Status

Growing F1 stage and observing Hybrid with seed collection.

Traits Under Observation

• Micro growth habit

• Compact dwarf structure

• Internode spacing

• Fruit Color(stripes, anthocyanin, GWR)

• Fruit production

• Flavor retention

• Foliage density

• Structural stability

Findings

TBD

Failures & Removed Selections

TBD