Strawberries and Raspberries and Rhubarb - Oh My!

My plant order arrived in the mail Thursday, but it was pouring out so I had to wait to do anything about it. Which meant that after I got off work yesterday I raced immediately home to plant everything! I don't think it's possible to overstate how exciting this is! Unfortunately there isn't anything exciting to see since it's all underground so it just looks like mounds of dirt. But here's a picture of my cat Esh with the plant boxes and one of the strawberry roots soaking before being planted:

Esh, a grey Russian Blue mix cat, in front of a cardboard box.

Two metal pots and a metal bowl filled with water and strawberry roots.

I got four types of raspberries:

Heritage - A red everbearing raspberry with light yields in spring and heavier yields in late summer and fall. The plant is disease resistant and the fruit is firm enough for shipping it which is how it got to be a popular variety.

Killarney - Another red raspberry, but this one is summer bearing. It's winter hardy, and is supposed to be good for freezing and in pies.

Jewel - A black raspberry that ripens in early July. It's supposed to be versatile enough to be good fresh, in pies, and in preserves.

Fall Gold - A yellow-gold colored overbearing raspberry. It's very sweet tasting and it makes two crops per year with the first one in June and the second from August to October.

I got three types of strawberries: 

Earliglow- As you can guess from the name, this is an early season variety (aka a "Junebearer"). It's also supposed to be resistant to red stele, root rot, and verticillium wilt. It's supposed to be good for canning.

Jewel - A mid-season summer-bearing variety that is firmer, also disease resistant, and somewhat cold-hardy. Because it's firmer, it's often used in U-Pick strawberry farms because inexperienced pickers won't destroy it before they get it home.

Seascape - This is a day-neutral/everbearing strawberry that is supposed to be good for New England's climate. It has a crop in spring, a second in summer, and a third in fall and the berries are supposed to be big and tasty.

AND!!!

I got a pineberry plant out of curiosity. It's a strawberry cultivar that is white with red seeds and it tastes like pineapple (hence the name). Fun strawberry fact: strawberries were originally red in North America and white in South America. Eventually, those wild white strawberries became endangered but by then they'd already been brought to Europe by sailors who liked the taste. The pineberry was re-found in France and was "rescued" by some Dutch farmers who cultivated them to improve their vigor and quality.