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During a three-year study conducted at the Experimental Garden of the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, the yield and quality of raspberry fruit of the summer-fruiting cultivars ‘Benefis’, ‘Laszka’ and the autumn-fruiting cultivars ‘Polesie’, ‘Polka’ and ‘Popiel’ were evaluated. The raspberry harvest was carried out on three carefully selected dates, i.e. for summer-fruiting cultivars: in the first, second and third decades of July and for autumn-fruiting cultivars in the second decade of August and the first and third decades of September. The highest yields were obtained from the cultivars ‘Polesie’ and ‘Polka’. The fruit of the tested cultivars collected during the third term had significantly lower masses. The highest contents of dry matter in fruit were recorded for ‘Polka’ and of organic acids for ‘Popiel’ and ‘Benefis’. The fruit harvested in the second and the third term had a higher content of dry matter.

In a four-year field experiment, fenhexamid, iprodione, pyrimethanil and thiram were applied in four different series as fungicides recommended for the control of grey mold (Botrytis cinerea) in strawberries. The plant protection products had no significant effect on the chemical composition of strawberry fruits of the Kent and Senga Sengana cultivars with the exception of an increase in the vitamin C level in ‘Kent’ strawberries. They also contributed to minor variations in the content of extract, total sugars, organic acids, polyphenols and anthocyanins. Dithiocarbamate residues were detected in all samples from the first harvest of strawberries that had been treated with the thiram fungicide