Raspberry Malling Minerva Is In Our Opinion The Best Early Season Variety. It’s A Spine Free Floricane Raspberry With Erect Can Making It Easy To Harvest. Malling Minerva Has A Compact Habit & Produces Attractive, Medium/large Sized Uniform Fruit With A Conical Shape & Good Storage Potential. The Flesh Is Firm With A Good Colour & Flavour. It Has Excellent Disease Resistance & Yields On Average 3.7kg Per Plant.early Season Floricaneexcellent Disease Resistancemedium/large Fruitheavy Yieldsspine Freecompact Formfloricane (summer-fruiting) Varieties Fruit On Canes Produced In The Previous Year. After Fruiting, Cut Out The Old, Fruited Wood In Autumn/winter & Tie In The New Growths To The Support.cut Down Cane To About 2cm (1in) Above Ground Level At The Time Of Planting. This Will Encourage Multiple Canes To Grow From The Ground.