Until recently, blackberries in the gardens near Moscow were rare, they were too capricious, demanding and did not meet the hopes of gardeners. But today you have a unique opportunity to buy elite blackberry seedlings with unsurpassed quality characteristics! They are resistant to typical diseases, frost-resistant, unpretentious and demonstrate stable high yields in the climate of Moscow. Blackberry seedlings in our nursery are grown in containers using a special technology that guarantees 100 percent survival rate and early fruiting start dates. You can choose plants of any age, order delivery and a service for transplanting bushes to a permanent place in your garden.

This culture is often called black raspberry because of the external similarity of the fruit. Indeed, these two related species have a lot in common. Moreover, some modern blackberry varieties are obtained by crossing it with raspberries.

The plant is a vigorous shrub with erect branches or lodging long shoots, densely covered with sharp thorns. Most modern blackberry varieties are partially or completely devoid of thorns, making it much easier and more enjoyable to grow them.

Fruits are large, juicy and aromatic, cone-shaped berries most often have a bluish-black color with a glossy sheen or a slight bluish matte bloom. They are delicious and healthy. This is a real dietary product containing a huge amount of vitamins and minerals.

Planting and leaving

In our catalog you can choose blackberry seedlings specially selected for growing in gardens near Moscow. They are fully adapted to our climate and soil composition, are practically not susceptible to diseases, they perfectly tolerate frosts down to -30 degrees.

Blackberries require plenty of sun and protection from the northerly winds, fertile, drained soil and support in the form of trellises with stretched wire. For correct formation bushes and increase yields two to three times a year, it is necessary to prune shoots.

We sell blackberry seedlings grown in the careful care of our specialists. Our plants do not get sick after transplanting, they enter the fruiting season early and delight with abundant annual harvests. All varieties are large-fruited, distinguished by excellent quality and taste of berries.

Who is with us to collect blackberries? Everything? Wonderful. But who dresses like that? Throw off good-quality ammunition and tarpaulin mittens, because it's midsummer outside and, accordingly, hot. Let's sunbathe. Thorns? Forget about them. For half a century, thornless blackberry varieties have been bred. Now we have one. Big, sweet! And, most importantly, very fruitful, now see for yourself. So take a larger container.

Perhaps this is how the offer to help the household will sound when the blackberry bought in our nursery grows and gains strength. And it will happen quickly, much faster than one might think.

Anyone who wants to surprise his guests suburban area, you should buy a blackberry from us, in the Planet of Plants online store! Walking through the pages of our catalog, you forget that this berry in the old fashioned way is associated with unsightly thorny whips, giving one or two handfuls of small fruits and littering the garden with ubiquitous offspring. Thornfree alone is worth a lot, and besides her, there are others, no worse.

Some varieties of blackberries are already on sale, others are on the way. Call our manager and find out how the Plant Land nursery will soon delight buyers.

Outrunning expectations

When the first blackberry seedlings appeared on sale, many were perplexed: what is the use of growing this thorny plant in the country (the name in honor of the hedgehog is given deservedly) and an uncontrollable plant ?? Perhaps as a hedge. At first, only enthusiasts dared to buy a blackberry, the seedlings of which, according to the description, grow up to three meters in height and give from 15 to 30 kg of berries from a bush ... such a yield seemed, to put it mildly, a fiction, and the photo of huge berries was processed in Photoshop. However, skepticism soon diminished: it became clear that the garden blackberry is not at all the same Rubus caesius that forms impenetrable thickets in the gorges of the Caucasus and the floodplains of Altai rivers. The best blackberry varieties - several dozen of them have already been zoned for the Moscow region - have surpassed the wildest expectations!

Thornless blackberry: thornless "hedgehog"

Almost all large-fruited blackberries, whose seedlings are in constant demand, are bred in Canada and the USA. And where did her famous thorns go? One of the participants in the selection process, the Canadian blackberry (Rubus canadiensis), is “to blame” for this: the branches of this species are completely free of thorns.

The Planet of Plants online store offers to the attention of buyers the best varieties brambleless blackberries, those that are recognized in their homeland as the most promising; in addition to the complete absence of thorns, they are famous for their yield and are suitable for growing near Moscow without shelter for the winter or with minimal protection:

• Loch Ness blackberry variety is suitable for owners of small gardens - neat, compact, it does not give aggressive growth. Planting Lochness blackberries in a well-lit area will maximize yield;
• Thornfree variety - the name itself says: this blackberry is without thorns. Reviews say that the yield of 30 kg per bush for Thorn Free blackberries is not the limit! And - amazing taste!
• Blackberry Polar (Polar) withstands thirty-degree frosts without shelter, and will harvest in June. An excellent variety of early blackberries for the Moscow region!
• Smutstem (Merton Thornless x Eldorado, 1966, USA) - although it requires light shelter for the winter, it is good because it is self-fertile: it is worth buying a blackberry seedling of this variety - and it will give rise to a whole plantation or hedge.

By the way: blackberry seedlings (fortunately, the prices at our nursery allow it) are better to buy nevertheless two or three specimens of different varieties. Remember: for the apple family, to which the blackberry belongs, cross-pollination is the key to abundant fruiting.

Blackberry variety

... Navajo, Chester, Helen, Black Satin, Natchez, Ruben, Giant ... more and more varieties of blackberries appear in the catalogs of online stores: this close relative of raspberries has phenomenal plasticity, yielding, perhaps, to strawberries. In nature, more than two hundred species of this plant grow: creeping and erect blackberries, tall and squat, thermophilic and those that easily withstand forty-degree frosts (on the basis of which Agaves, Loch Tay, Flint and other varieties of blackberries for the middle lane were obtained).

The unpretentious blackberry easily crosses with the aforementioned raspberry. Successful hybrids get a double advantage: firstly, the powerful root system inherited from the blackberry provides stable yields where raspberries are not able to bear fruit - they are not able to survive. Secondly, ezhemalina (a hybrid of blackberries and raspberries) has high winter hardiness, which makes possible cultivation its not only in the suburbs, but also much farther north, up to Siberia.

Not so easy? With our help, it couldn't be easier!

For beginners, caring for a blackberry can seem like a hassle, mainly due to the fact that the plant requires annual pruning. In fact, the blackberry pruning scheme (as well as the timing) is quite simple and intuitive, and to a large extent depends on whether it is a remontant blackberry or a traditional one. For those who are not averse to delving into the nuances and subtleties of caring for blackberries and peasants - an article with visual diagrams, photos and step-by-step instructions.

The manager of our garden center is always happy to advise potential buyers, and when selling blackberry seedlings, Planet Plants nursery provides an excellent bonus - a free consultation. For those who are accustomed to trusting their garden to professionals, we suggest ordering a specialist visit: besides, in fact, the delivery of seedlings, PLANTLAND plants and prunes blackberries (of all varieties and ages, including the one that is already growing on the site), pest control and other agrotechnical measures. You can get acquainted with the prices for services in the corresponding section of the site.

Our collection contains only the best blackberry varieties from the world's leading breeding centers. Professionally engaged in the testing of varieties, the development of agricultural technology and the production of berries in the conditions of the Middle Volga region, we offer varieties with the highest quality berries for the acquisition and cultivation. We can buy both the most promising varieties with a very high yield and quality of berries used for industrial production, as well as varieties with an average yield and berries of excellent quality for a personal garden.

The varieties of our blackberry collection:

Loganberry, Tayberry, Bukingham Tayberry, Medana Tayberry, Sanberry, Silvan blackberry, Black Butte, Karaka Black, Arapaho Arapaho, Apachee, Polar, Ruczaj, Gaj, Orkan, Thornfree, Navaho, Loch Ness, Loch Tay Tay, Loch Maree, Thornless Evergreen, Smooth Steem, Black Satin, Black Daimond, Asterina, Natchez, Chester Thornless ( Chester Thornless, Helen, Black Perl, Ouachita, Hull Thornless, Doyl, Reuben, Prime Ark45 Triple Crown , Columbia Star, Prime Ark Traveler, Prime Ark Freedom, Cacanska Bestrna, Osage, Brzezina, Ruczaj.

Blackberries, as a culture, are no less fascinating than grapes. Dozens of universities in America, separate scientific institutions in England, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Romania, Serbia, Hungary, Poland are engaged in this berry. For 200 years of cultivation, many hundreds of varieties have been bred and patented. The first domestic book "Blackberries in Russia", which most fully covers the subject, the existing modern assortment and contains practical advice on the agricultural technology of blackberries used for cultivation in Russia, came out only in 2010

The blackberry berry is a storehouse of vitamins and valuable bioactive substances, making it an irreplaceable food product, a valuable means for maintaining good health, active longevity, a powerful prophylactic agent for cancer. The berry is indicated for consumption in many diseases. She will not leave indifferent either an adult or a child. Sometimes you have to meet people who say: "I was not impressed by the blackberry berry!" They can only be pitied. This phrase only says that they tried the wrong variety or at the wrong degree of maturity. Berries of different varieties can be completely different and can satisfy any request.

Description of varieties.

Chester Thornless.

It is a modern thornless variety, bred at the University of Maryland.

The shoots of the variety are long, semi-erect or semi-creeping. The bushes of the variety are powerful. Berry clusters contain dozens of large berries. Ripening of berries in clusters is non-simultaneous. Berry picking will take about 6 weeks. Black berry, shiny sweet and sour taste. The berry tolerates transportation well. The harvest ripens at about the same time as that of the Thornfrey variety. But Chester Thornless bushes differ from Thornfree bushes in much greater frost resistance. It can endure up to -30º С, which allows it to be a good alternative to Thornfrey, especially in the south, where winters with little snow are often observed, which affects the reliability of the shelter. Since in those areas the temperature rarely drops below -30 ° C, such a variety is simply vital and can significantly reduce the labor intensity of berry production. The bush is literally strewn with pink flowers during flowering. The variety is resistant to pests and diseases.

Natchez.

Natchez is one of the most recent developments of the University of Arkansas. This variety can be a real decoration for any garden. Its berry is very large. The average berry weight of this variety, according to official data, is 12.7g. In our garden, the maximum berry weight reached 16g. The berry of the variety is black, shiny, elongated, very large, with large fused drupes, resembling black caviar in size. But it is especially pleasing that with such a large-fruited variety, the berry is early and sweet. In Samara, the first Natchez berries ripen in July, 1.5-2 weeks ahead of the ripening period of the famous Thornfrey variety. The berry of the variety is quite tough and is ideal for transportation and market trading. The variety is somewhat inferior in yield to the most productive industrial varieties, but a very powerful structure and a berry cluster, sometimes containing more than two dozen berries, suggests that, with a sufficiently dense planting, this variety can be used for small-scale production of berries. Fruiting of the variety is extended and can be about 5 weeks, which is very good for a rational organization of production. The Natchez bush has a semi-straight structure and long thornless shoots. The growth vigor of the bushes is very high. By the end of the second year, our Natchez shoots had the same thickness and length as the shoots of a 4-5 year old Thornfrey bush. The variety is resistant to pests and diseases.

Loch Tay.

Loch Tay is a modern, studless English variety of very early maturity. This variety is ahead of the Thornfrey variety in terms of ripening by 1.5-2 weeks. The berry is black, large, shiny oval in shape. The berry is sweet, transportable. The seed in the berry is small. The berries are collected in large multi-berry clusters. Ripening of berries is amicable. The variety yields a harvest in 2.5-3 weeks. The variety is fruitful. It blooms with large white flowers. The shoots of the variety are semi-erect, long. The variety is resistant to pests and diseases.

Loch Tay berry.

Orcan.

This is a variety of Polish selection. The author of the variety is Dr. Jan Danek. This is the result of many years of work on the hybridization of American and English varieties with Carpathian blackberry species in order to select varieties adapted to the conditions of Poland. Berries of a very early ripening period are collected in large multi-berry clusters. The berry is large, oblong, with a sweet and sour pleasant taste. The color of the berry is black with a glossy sheen. Since winters in Poland are quite mild, and blackberries are not harbored in Poland, the selection of Polish varieties was aimed at creating varieties with an upright structure of shoots. This successful first-born of the Polish breeding program also has upright thornless shoots up to 3m long. During flowering, the bushes are covered with large white flowers. The variety is fruitful, resistant to pests and diseases.

Polar.

It is a Polish, early ripening variety. The first berries of this variety ripen a little later than the Orcan variety. The berry of the variety is large, rounded, shiny black, collected in multi-berry clusters. The taste of the berry is sweet and sour, pleasant. The bushes are covered with large white flowers during flowering. The variety is upright, with medium-length shoots, productive and resistant to pests and diseases.

Loch Ness.

It is one of the most popular studless industrial grades. The variety is very fruitful, with a firm oval berry evened in size. The berry of this variety is black with a glossy shine, a pleasant sweet and sour taste. This berry is ideal for container picking, transportation and trade, for which it enjoys well-deserved love among European producers. The berries are collected in large, multi-berry, hanging clusters. Ripening of berries is not simultaneous, which prolongs the period of collection and sale. The bushes of the variety have a semi-erect structure and long shoots. The flowers of this variety are pink. The variety is resistant to pests and diseases.

Black Diamond. (Oregon State University)

Black Diamond was harvested in San Francisco, Oregon in 1997. The aim of the development is to obtain a studless variety suitable for machine harvesting, with the highest quality berry that can replace the prickly Marionberry variety on the market. However, it should be noted that it was not possible to fully achieve the bright fruity aroma of Marion. Black Diamond berry is black with a glossy, pleasant sweet taste, in which a small amount of acid is harmoniously combined with sugar. This berry is more transportable than the Marion variety. According to the group assessment of the qualities of the Black Diamond berry, this variety has a very good aroma, but is somewhat inferior in its intensity, the aroma of Marion berries. Bushes of the semi-erect type with long, thornless shoots. The variety is distinguished by its large berry, high yield, and received good feedback from manufacturers.

Black Diamond Berry (Oregon State University)

Black Diamond. (Search)

The Thornfree variety is very good for the production of berries and has a significant drawback. It must not be picked overripe (sweet but overly soft) and must not be picked unripe (sour). You need to catch the moment of average ripeness, when the berry is hard, but already has a pleasant sweet and sour taste. The matter is complicated by the fact that for the inexperienced eye the berries look the same in all three stages of maturity. There are differences, but they are hardly noticeable, therefore, experience is required during collection, and trained collectors are needed for mass collection over a large area.
More than 10 years ago, a variety appeared in our collection with the same yield as Thornfrey, but with a black, hard, sweet berry that begins to ripen 1.5-2 weeks earlier than Thornfrey. This berry does not need to be sampled for easy pulling when determining the degree of ripeness. The characteristic, black with shine, color is a signal that the berry has collected sugar and is ready to be harvested. The berry tolerates long-distance transportation and is ideal for fresh consumption and container collection. The variety was purchased from a Moscow firm as the Black Diamond variety, but later it turned out that the variety did not correspond to the declared name, because the Black Diamond coming from the European nursery was very different from the existing one.
However, the described variety has a large berry, high quality, collected in multi-berry clusters and a high yield. The berry has an oval rounded shape and a bright black gloss. Individual berries are unusually long in shape. Perhaps on this basis, he was attributed to the original variety. The shoots of the variety are long, thornless. We can safely say that this variety, which has a sweet, hard berry, a fairly early ripening period, can be an excellent alternative to the Thornfree variety for industrial plantations... It is well suited for fresh consumption, has good transport tolerance and is ideal for retail use.

Triple Crown.

Triple Crown variety was obtained in 1996. This is a sweet, aromatic blackberry. The name itself translates as Triple Crown, and this is no coincidence, since this variety combines three outstanding characteristics: great taste, productivity and growth vigor. The quality of this berry allows us to hope that it will be out of competition as soon as it goes on sale. Berries of the variety are large, oval or round, even in size. The color of the berries is glossy black. They tolerate transportation well. The triple crown ripens later than the popular thornless Hull Thornless, but a week earlier than Chester Thornless and has larger berries than theirs. Sometimes the quality of the berry can suffer from sunburn. Berries of the variety are suitable for fresh consumption, juice production and for all types of processing. Eight years of plantation trials in Oregon have shown that this variety is capable of producing yields of 30 pounds or more per bush (13.6 kg or more per bush).

Columbia Star. (SUPER NEW!)

Colambia Star is a new thornless variety developed by Dr. Chad Finn at the University of Oregon. The variety is named after the largest Columbia River in the state. In America, the variety has become available to farmers and gardeners since 2014. According to the author, the Columbia Star berry surpasses the old taste standard of the Marion variety in its gustatory and commercial qualities. According to producers' forecasts, Columbia should strongly press the latter in the fresh berry market in the coming years. Columbia Star has a large, elongated berry of excellent, sweet, slightly acidic taste and has a rich aroma with hints of raspberries and blackberries. At the same time, the berry is quite hard, and is suitable for both manual and combine harvesting. The berry has an early ripening period. The yield of the variety, according to American studies, is up to 7.5 kg per bush. This variety is well suited for the retail fresh berry market.

Smooth Steеm.

The name of this variety translates as smooth stemmed blackberry and was bred by Dr. Scott in 1966 in Beltsvill Md, with the support of the US Department of Agriculture. Cultivar selected from hybrid offspring (Merton Thornless x Eldorado). The shoots of this variety are semi-spreading, long. The berry cluster is branched and contains many dozens of berries. The berries of this blackberry are large, juicy, of pleasant taste and aroma. The color of the berry is black with a glossy sheen. The berries ripen in August. The bushes are resistant to diseases and pests.

Brzezina. (SUPER NEW!)

This thornless variety was obtained in Poland by Ognieszka Orzhel. In 2012, it was patented under the name Brzezina. Declared as an early ripening variety. In Poland, the variety is winter-hardy and grown without shelter. The berry is elongated-conical, medium and large in size. The color of the berry is black with gloss. The berry is sweet, suitable for fresh consumption and for all types of processing.

Brzezina (1 year planting)

Gaj.

Grade Gaj (97571) is thornless. The berry is black, shiny, oval in shape, good taste. The berry is collected in bunches of many berries. The berry of the variety is hard, suitable for transportation and retail sale. The variety is one of the most frost-resistant varieties in Poland. The shoots of the variety are tough, have high vigor. The leaves are dark green. The bush does not give overgrowth. The variety in our garden showed very high yield, early ripening of berries (only a few days later than Loch Tay).

Cacanska Bestrna

A blackberry variety with this name was selected from a hybrid offspring (Dirksen Thornless x Black Satin) at the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Zagreb in 1984. The average berry weight is 9.3 g, individual berries weigh up to 15.4 g.
In Russian, which is very close to the Serbo-Croatian language, the name sounds like Chachanska Bystrna. This is a very unusual name. For a long time I could not understand what meaning the author of the variety put into this name. The berry of the variety is very large and the author apparently tried to bring his admiration and delight into the name precisely by the size of the berry and did it in an original way.
The first word in the name comes from the name of the village or area "Chachak". But the second word is rooted in the distant history of the region. Around the 5-6th century, during the great migration of peoples, when barbarian tribes poured into the lands of the weakened Roman Empire, the lands along the upper Danube were captured by the Bastars (fierce people, very tall compared to the Romans). Historians have no consensus as to which group of tribal formations the Bastarns belonged to today. Many believe that they were Germanic, but there are opinions that it was one of the Slavic tribal unions. Only one thing is certain, that these strong tall people settled along the banks of the Danube, partly interrupting and partly assimilating the Romans. The very name of the tribe Bastarn or Bistarn means those who live in Istria (the ancient Greeks and Romans called Istria the Danube), Be Istr in Germanic and in Slavonic sounds approximately the same means the same "to be in Istra". There were differences between the Germans and the Slavs 1, 5 thousand years ago, but in the language, everyday life and customs there was much more in common than differences, for both of them stood out in the 7-8 millennium BC from one single common Indo-European language, which was the proto-language for the Greeks, Italics, Celts, Germans, Balts and Slavs.
That is, the author of the variety, admiring the size of the berry, paid tribute to his worthy, beautiful and powerful ancestors (whoever they were, Germans, Slavs, or the Celts and Romans who came to these lands earlier).

Hall Thornless.

Hall Thornless blackberry obtained in 1981 in Maryland by hybridization (Thornfree x (Darrow x US1487)). A successful selection of the parental pair provides this variety with frost resistance and winter hardiness at the level of the Chester Thornless variety. The berry of this variety is sweet and sour, with a moderate aroma. The berry consists of large drupes and is very large in size. It is black with gloss, and has a rounded shape with a small oval. It is for its large rounded shape that the name of the variety is translated as "head". The first ripe berries of the variety appear a little later than the first ripe berries on Black Satin, and much earlier than on Chester Thornless. The berries are transportable and can be used both fresh and for processing. The harvest of this blackberry is high. The shape of the bush is semi-spreading, the shoots are thornless, long.
The variety has a high yield, which allows it to be grown both in amateur and industrial gardening.

Black Pearl.

The name of the variety is translated as black pearl. This blackberry was obtained in the state of Oregon by crossing (ORUS 1117-11 x ORUS 728-3). The variety will be developed by Dr. Chad Finn, who worked on the development of large-fruited varieties that would approach the taste of the raspberry-blackberry hybrid Marionberry. The leaves of this blackberry are soft, velvety. The bushes of the variety are thornless and have good yields, which is quite rare for blackberries with a high level of ploidy and a unique raspberry-blackberry aroma. Boysenberry, Silvan, Karaka Black, Black Diamond (Oregon) have a similar aroma. This variety has a very early ripening period. It begins to ripen earlier than most blackberry varieties. Often it has a doubled and even triple berry. The variety is suitable for machine harvesting. The berry of this variety is large, collected in multi-berry clusters. The berry is black in color with a glossy sheen, often resembling an elongated cone.

Ouachita.

Blackberry Ouachita.
The Ouachita variety was recently discovered by scientists at the University of Arkansas. The variety received a patent US Patent 17162. Authors of the variety: Clark, John Reuben; Moore, James Norman. The application for the invention was filed in 2003. The variety was obtained by crossing (Navaho x Ark. 1506) and subsequent selection. The resulting variety has been tested in 3 different locations in Arkansas and at pilot stations in Kentucky, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan and Oregon. Tests in various regions have shown that the new variety adapts well to various soil and climatic conditions. The bushes of the new variety are vigorous and fertile, so the creation of a fruiting row is faster than when planting with other varieties. The bushes have a lumpy structure. The shoots are more than 5 feet (1.5 m) long. Shoots are thornless. The structure of the shoots is erect, but they require a garter on a trellis, as they can bend to the ground under the weight of the crop. The berries are excellent in flavor, sweet and larger than Navajo and Arapaho, but smaller than Apache. The shape of the berry is round-conical. Average berry weight 6g. The size of the berry remains constant throughout the harvest period. The berries are very hard and keep well after picking. The fruit ripens approximately 7 days earlier than the Navajo, which ripens in early July in Arkansas and mid-July in Michigan. The berries are collected in large and medium bunches located on the periphery of the bush. Harvested in about 5 weeks, the varieties are high and often higher than Apache, Navajo and Arapaho varieties. But the variety is less winter-hardy than the Navajo variety. Its frost resistance is -17 C. However, in our plantings, it survived under light cover in December 2012, when the temperature was -25 ° C, in the complete absence of snow, for 2 weeks. Ouachita berry is suitable both for fresh consumption and for processing. The variety is resistant to pests and diseases. Particularly resistant to orange rust. Anthracnose on shoots was observed only in very humid conditions.

Black Butte.

Black Butte is a new very large-fruited variety. It is reportedly the largest berry grown in the Oregon Trials. The berry reaches 2 inches (51mm) in length. The berry of this variety can become a visual advertisement for the products of a professional gardener. The bushes of the variety are prickly, although the thorns on the shoots are smaller than those of most oriental blackberry varieties. The shape of the bush is creeping. Shoots are long, over 5 feet (1.5 m). Shoots require cover. The variety has been successfully tested in the mild conditions of the Pacific Northwest and in North Carolina. The variety requires further testing, but today we can say that the variety has beautiful, unusually large, black berries of excellent taste, which makes them desirable for fresh consumption.

Berry Black Butte.

Arapaho.

Blackberry Arapaho (Ark. 1536) obtained in 1993 from the University of Arkansas. It has a large, wide-conical berry. Black berry with gloss, excellent, sweet taste. It is suitable both for fresh consumption and for processing. A very important difference from many varieties is small seeds. The Arapaho berry ripens 11 days earlier than the Navajo berry. Arapaho is one of the earliest ripening blackberries. Berry picking time is 4 weeks. The bushes of the variety have vertical, thornless shoots of medium vigor. Shoots are more than 5 feet (1.5 m) long. Frost resistance of shoots -24 ° C. Bushes and berries are resistant to diseases and pests, not affected by rust. This variety gives higher yields than the Navajo. The size of the berry and the yield depend on the growing conditions. In northern Florida, the yield is 1.7 t / acre (4.2 t / ha), and the weight of the berry is 4.5 g. But in the state of Arkansas, the yield of this variety is 4.48 t / acre - 13.45 t / ha. The complex of positive qualities makes this blackberry very valuable for commercial planting and home gardening.

Navaho.

The Navaho variety was obtained by scientists at the University of Arkansas in 1988. Navajo is an upright, thornless blackberry that has better aroma and flavor than many other upright blackberries. Berries are used fresh and for processing. They are highly portable. However, the berries of this variety are of medium size. The berries are harvested within 2-3 weeks. The Navajo variety yields over 8,000 pounds of berries per acre (over 8.96 t / ha). Shoots require a garter at a height of 1.7 m, but with a certain pruning system (pruning the main replacement shoot at a certain height and pruning lateral branch shoots), expensive trellises can be dispensed with, which increases the profitability of production, and also allows you to get a larger berry.

Thornfree.

This blackberry variety was bred in America in 1966 in Beltsvill MD (Maryland). Developed by Dr. Scott. This blackberry enjoys a well-deserved popularity among amateur gardeners and in industrial production and is considered a commercial variety. This is due to the fact that it has a number of advantages and a minimum of disadvantages. The advantages include a large berry, the absence of thorns, abundant fruiting, multi-berry clusters, good taste, long-term fruiting, resistance to pests and diseases, the absence of offspring with proper care, the decorative structure of the leaves, beautiful flowering. In Samara, the harvest reaches 20 kg per bush. The variety has only one drawback - a fully ripe berry, when it contains a maximum of sugar, and almost no acid, and a delicate aroma appears in the taste, becomes soft. But even plucked a little earlier, it is very good, a little acid does not spoil the taste at all, and the berry at this degree of ripeness is solid and tolerates transportation well.
Thornfree bush is powerful, shoots at the base reach a thickness of 3 cm. Without pinching, they can reach a length of 5-6 m. The section of the shoot is sometimes faceted; there are no thorns on the shoots. Shoots are predominantly dark green; in autumn, part of the shoot turns dark cherry color. Semi-spreading bush. Shoots are hard, stubborn. Black berry 5-8g weight. The shape of the berry is oval. The main harvest date is August. The first berries ripen in July and early August, the last in the first decade of September. Black berry is sour at first, then sweet and sour, then freshly sweet. The taste is pleasant. The number of berries in a berry cluster is more than 30, individual clusters contain up to a hundred or more berries. When flowering, the bush is strewn with flowers of a pale pink color.

Black Satin.

This variety was obtained in America in 1974. Bred by Dr. Scott in Beltsvill MD (Marylade State). The variety is semi-sheathing, thornless. The shoots are powerful, rise to a height of 1.5 m, then move to a horizontal position. Shoots of round cross-section, rigid - do not lend themselves to bending. The color of the shoots is first dark green, then dark brown. The berry is black, shiny, oblong-rounded. Often the shape of the prefabricated drupe is not quite correct. The berries are collected in drooping, multi-berry clusters. The berry often weighs over 8g. The berries are harvested for several harvests. The separation is tight. The taste is sweet and sour, with a slight aroma, pleasant. The first ripe berries on Black Satin appear about a week and a half earlier than on Thornfree. When overripe, the Black Satin berry becomes soft, and the taste changes to a fresh-sweet, berry tear-off becomes easy. The yield is high. The diameter of the shoots at the base of an adult bush is up to 3 cm. The flowers of this variety are white-pink or pink. The leaves on the shoots are tough, dark green. The variety is very similar to the parent variety Thornfrey, but even more productive and large-fruited.

Thornless Evergreen (Oregon Thornless).

This variety was created on the basis of the European type of blackberry (Rubus latiniatus Willd). The very name of the variety characterizes this blackberry as evergreen. Its thick-skinned carved leaves go green under the snow and remain the same after the snow melts. The berry cluster is branched, drooping. The berry cluster contains from 25 to 70 pieces of berries. Medium berry 3-3.5g. The taste is sweet and sour; when fully ripe, it is sweet with a delicate pleasant aroma. The berry tolerates transportation and short-term storage well. The seeds in the berry are large, which is practically the only drawback. Productivity in the conditions of the Middle Volga region is more than 10 kg per bush. Creeping bush, powerful. Shoots are thornless, faceted. The replacement shoots are green at the beginning of their growth. By the end of summer, they become reddish. The sheet is complex - it consists of several carved sheet plates radiating from one point. It is very decorative and resembles lace. The bush does not give offspring. The Thornless Evergreen variety was selected from the wild natural population of the prickly Evergreen variety, which was brought to America from England. The variety has spread throughout the Pacific coast. In 1926, Philip Steffis discovered a thornless mutation on one of the Evergreen bushes, which gave rise to a new clone of Thornless Evergreen. Since that time, the variety has gained widespread popularity with Oregon farmers and has become one of the main commercially grown varieties. Mature bushes of this variety are densely hung with berries. There are more berries than leaves - an unforgettable sight. The berry ripens from mid-August to mid-September. Berries ripen at the same time in the bunch. The crop is harvested in several harvests, within one month. Flowers in flower clusters are white or white-pink. Despite the fact that the variety is quite old, its thornless form Thornless Evergreen is still grown by farmers and amateurs in the USA, Poland, Germany, Serbia. The popularity of the variety is explained by its high yield, and good quality berries with high transportability of the berries and the possibility of storing them for several days in a cool room. The variety is resistant to diseases and pests.

Doyl.

This is a blackberry and black berry variety obtained in the state of Illinois by Tom Doyle. The bush was discovered by the author in own garden, and highlighted for high yield. Subsequently, this variety was patented under the name Doyl. It is a thornless variety with a sweet and sour berry of medium size and good flavor. The bushes have a semi-erect structure. In terms of yield, the variety is included in the group of industrial varieties. It has multi-berry brushes. Well suited for personal consumption and processing. There is nothing super-outstanding in the variety. It is a worthy member of a large group of industrial varieties.

The photo is not ours (this is an omission, but it so happened that, despite many years of good fruiting, the photo was not taken.)

Loch maree

This is a medium-ripening English variety. The berry of this variety is black, juicy, sweet, with a good original taste. The shape of the berry is round. The berry cluster is branched. Bushes are distinguished by their ability to grow and bear fruit even on poor soils. The berry of the variety ripens well, both in the sun and in conditions of little shade. It is well suited for consumption as a whole. The yield of the variety is average.

Prime Ark 45 (REPAIR GRADE)

It is a remontant developed by Dr. John R, Clark at the University of Arkansas. The berry of this variety is more aromatic, and the bush itself is more productive than the first remontant varieties Prime Jim and Prime Jan. Strong shoots of this variety have time to grow, ripen and yield in August-September of the same year. If the shoots are allowed to remain in the second year, then the summer harvest will ripen in July. The bushes of this variety grow well on the Northwest coast of the United States, as well as in the north, in Minnesota and NY... The berry of this variety is large 7-9g. It is well suited for transportation and temporary storage. When the variety is grown in an ordinary two-year cycle, the berry ripens early. The berry ripens just 4 days later than the Natchez berry and 4 days earlier than the Ouachita berry. The shoots of the variety are prickly. The berries are resistant to gray mold. The bushes are resistant to orange rust, but occasionally they can be attacked by anthracnose.

In Samara, the first berries ripen on remontant shoots in September. Fruiting in autumn stretches to October. The berries are very large, sweet and there are a lot of them, but in natural conditions only part of the crop has time to ripen. The shoots of the bush reach a height of 1.5 m. They are very strong and are hung from top to bottom with hundreds of berries. For a full-fledged return in our conditions, the variety is best grown in film tunnels with open ends or side walls. We assume that to the south of Samara, the variety will be able to produce a full harvest in fully open ground.

Reuben. (REPAIR VARIETY)

This remontant variety has an interesting history of creation. It is one of the last remontant varieties to trace its ancestry from the University of Arkansas. The variety received a patent US Patent PP23497. The application for registration of the invention was filed in 2010. Authors of the variety: Clark, John Reuben from Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA; Fairlie, Jane from Spalding Lincolnshire UK.

The cross (A 2292T x APF 44) was done by Clarke in Arkansas. The seeds obtained from artificial pollination were sent to Lincolnshire under a scientific exchange program. Seedlings were obtained from these seeds in 2005, and in the fall of 2006 a promising hybrid form was selected for remontant fruiting, which was named NRV3. In 2009, this form received the varietal name Reuben (Reuben). The variety turned out to be very successful. Its berry was very large and of high quality. Its average weight is 14.5g. The berry is beautiful, black with gloss, very hard. The berries are collected in bunches containing 8-12 pcs. fruits. Harvested within 10-12 weeks from August to November. Average yield 3.5 kg per plant. The bushes of this variety have a straight-growing structure, and their shoots have rare small thorns, in contrast to the very thorny first remontant varieties. Shoot length 1.5-2.5 m. The average flower diameter is 6cm, and single flowers reach a diameter of 7.1 cm. The first fruiting in autumn 2012, in Ukraine, showed that in Kiev the berry can ripen in September-October. These are only the first results, which are very encouraging, because these are control berries from bushes of the first year of planting. The variety, as a remontant, has good prospects for cultivation in the southern regions of Russia, where snowless winters are frequent, and summers are hot and long. A huge advantage of the variety can be a late harvest, since the berries of late blackberry varieties in the south leave already in July-August. It can also be used for late harvest in middle lane when grown in tunnels. If there is not enough time for the ripening of the crop under normal conditions in the middle lane, then the variety can be grown in an ordinary 2-year cycle (without mowing the shoots).

Prime Ark Freedom. ( first WHIPLE-FREE remontant grade(SUPER NEW!))

All the first remontant varieties had spiny shoots. This is inconvenient for large berry producers (in non-traditional terms), as it increases the cost of production. Therefore, the most important task of breeding remontant varieties was to obtain studless bumps.

And finally this moment has come!

In August 2016, the first thornless variety Prime Ark Freedom or APF-153T was developed in Arkansas by Dr. Clark as a result of hybridization (A2301T x APF49T) carried out in 2004. It was recognized as an invention in August 2016 and received patent number USPP26990P3. The new remontant variety had strong smooth shoots up to 1.4 m high. The bushes were distinguished by their relative resistance to anthracnose and insensitivity to orange rust. The variety had a huge berry weighing 13-16g. (For comparison. Under our conditions, Natchez gives berries up to 23g. Although in Dr. Clark's patent the average weight of Natchez berries is only 8g.) This gives hope that the Prime Ark Freedom berry will be even larger than stated in the patent. The patent says that the Prime Ark Freedom berry had the same sweet taste and aroma as the Prime Ark 45 berry, but was slightly softer. The berry is well suited for personal consumption and the local market. Berry clusters are branched, well accessible. The yield of remontant shoots of the variety is higher in temperate climates... In California, the yield on remontant shoots of this variety reached 4-5.5 kg per bush. It is noteworthy that the variety had earlier ripening of the berry than the Prime Ark 45 variety. The first berry on Freedom ripens 5-10 days earlier. Despite the strength of the shoots, the variety requires an obligatory trellis.

The variety entered the CIS market already in 2015. In our garden, we tried the first Prime Ark Freedom berry in the fall of 2016. The berry turned out to have a pleasant sweet and sour, harmonious taste.

Prime Ark Traveler. (latest BLINDLESS remontant grade(SUPER NEW!))

In 2016, another studless remontant variety Prime Ark Traveler or APF-190T appeared on the market. The bushes of this variety have an upright structure and smooth shoots. The berry has about the same sweet and good taste as Prime Ark 45. The new variety is sweeter than the well-known Natchez and Ouachita varieties. The average weight of a Prime Ark Traveler berry is 7-8g. Prime Ark Traveler is 7-12 days ahead of Prime Ark 45 for the first berry. That is, it is earlier than Prime Ark Freedom. Harvest on remontant shoots in California up to 3 kg per bush. But a particularly interesting property of this berry is its high hardness. It is because of this that the variety has the word Traveler in its name. That is, the berry of this variety is suitable for long-distance transportation and can be stored for a relatively long time under refrigerated conditions. The bushes of this variety are resistant to anthracnose and rust.

Ruczaj.

This variety was obtained in Poland at the Brzezna Institute of Fruit Growing in 2012. The variety is fruitful and has a strong growth potential. Relatively frost-resistant. Berries are medium to large, elongated, bright, tasty. Used for fresh consumption and processing. The average ripening period will grow. Used for fresh consumption and for processing.

Helen.

This is a very early ripening variety. The berry is black, oblong-rounded. She ripens already in July. The berry has a very good original taste and aroma, which significantly expands the variety of blackberries for amateur cultivation and marketing. Shoots of the variety are thornless. The bushes are resistant to pests and diseases.

Helen Berry.

Sylvan (Sylvan Blackberry).

Silvan berry is a highly elongated cone. When ripe, it pours into ruby-red juice and seems to be quite ripe, but this is only a ripening stage. The ripe berry is black, with a glossy sheen, often reaching 10-12g in weight. When fully ripe, the berry has a very pleasant aroma and a sweet, or sweet, slightly sour taste. In taste, this variety can successfully compete with the best raspberry-blackberry hybrids. The berry cluster of the variety contains from 6 to 12 berries. Berry ripens very early. The first ripe berries appear in July, but the main harvest is harvested until mid-August. The unripe ruby ​​red berry is also edible and has a certain quality. The form of a creeping bush, shoots are armed with straight thorns. By the structure of the bush, the shape of the leaves and berries, the variety strongly resembles the Tayberry variety.

Silvan berry.

Asterina.

It is a modern thornless variety bred in Switzerland. It has a large black, shiny, round or oval sweet berry. Even slightly unripe berries are already sweet. The berries are collected in multi-berry clusters. The first berries ripen early. Fruiting of the variety is extended, it captures July and August.

Apache.

Apache blackberry is a new variety developed by scientists at the University of Arkansas. This variety gives the highest yields of all previously produced upright thornless varieties of this university. The Apache berry ripens 10 days later than the Arapaho blackberry, but earlier than the Navaho blackberry. Apache berry is large, conical in shape, attractive, glossy black color, weighing up to 10g. It is twice the size of a Navajo blackberry. The taste of the berry is excellent, sweet (10-12% sugar), and the berry itself is suitable both for fresh consumption and for processing. Test data show that with good feeding, the Apache berry is much larger than the Arapaho berry, and in quality it can be as good as the Navajo berry. The shoots of the variety are upright and stronger than the shoots of other upright, thornless varieties. Since the variety is not yet widely distributed, it is difficult to obtain for home planting and commercial trials. A very limited number of seedlings began to enter the US market only in the spring of 2001. The berry of the variety has a very high transportability and there were forecasts that the berry of this variety will replace many other varieties in the export market, but it turned out that in container packaging it can sometimes be affected by gray rot.

RASPBERRY-BLACKBERRY HYBRIDS.

M. e. hybrid Tayberry.

Tayberry is a modern raspberry-blackberry hybrid. The variety was obtained at the Scottish Agricultural Research Institute (SCRI) by Dr. D.L. Jennings. This hybrid was bred in 1962 and introduced into production since 1981. Raspberry Molling Jewel and blackberry Aurora were used as the parents of the hybrid. Tayberry creeping blackberry. The shoots of this variety are powerful, long, burgundy. The thorns on the shoots are small. Pungency at the level of most thorny raspberries. Substitution shoots in initial period of their development are green. The leaves on the shoots are trifoliate, dark green, corrugated. There are thorns on the reverse side of the leaf plate along the central vein of the leaf. The berry is dark red, elongated with a slight gloss. It tastes like raspberries, but unlike the latter, it has a delicate candy aroma. When overripe, the berries darken somewhat and become too soft. The berry is large, from 4 to 6.5 g with a length of 3-4 cm. The yield is high. The Oregon Testing Commission reported a yield of 12 tonnes per acre (29.65 tonnes per hectare) for this hybrid. This variety is much more productive and frost-resistant than the Loganberry variety. Good transportability of the berry allows you to transport the crop over short distances and store it at a low temperature for 2 days. The variety is resistant to pests and diseases. It is affected only by raspberry aphids and stem gall midge. The ripening period of the crop is early, it coincides with the ripening of most raspberry varieties, but more often it even slightly ahead of them. The berry cluster is hanging and contains 4-6 berries. The flower is large, white. The variety bears fruit well in single-variety plantings. The yield of an adult bush in the conditions of the Middle Volga region is up to 4 kg. An adult six-year-old bush can produce a small number of offspring.

M. e. a Buckingham Tayberry hybrid.

The variety was obtained by Dr. Jennings in Manchester in 1996. This variety is close in its origin to the Tayberry, but unlike the Tayberry, Buckingham Tayberry is thornless. The bushes of this variety have less vigor than the Tayberry bushes. The berry is red, oblong, large. It is collected in large multi-berry clusters. Buckingham Teaberry has a conical shape that is more pronounced than that of Teaberry. Berry petioles are long. Compared to the taste of the Tayberry and the Buckingham Tayberry, the Buckingham Tayberry is a little sour, but the Buckingham Tayberry is larger-fruited than the Tayberry and is significantly more productive.

M. e. Medana Tayberry hybrid.

The variety is obtained from the Scottish Horticultural Institute (SCRI). This is a hybrid of the blackberry Aurora and the improved tetraploid raspberry (Aurora blackberry x improved tetraploid raspberry). The berry of the variety is dark red, large, oblong. Berry length 3.5-4cm. The berry has a good taste and a pleasant, pronounced raspberry aroma. The aroma is even stronger than that of many raspberry varieties. Ripens early. The yield reaches 4 kg per bush. The shoots of the variety are prickly. The variety is resistant to viral diseases.

M. e. hybrid Sunberry.

The variety was obtained in Kent (East Malling Research Station, Kent), as a result of hybridization of P. ursinun prickly blackberry and Jewel raspberry. Shoots of the variety are thorny with a length of 3 m or more. The berries of this hybrid are slightly smaller than those of the Tayberry. This berry is dark in color and oval in shape. It has a rich aroma and good taste. The yield of the variety is average.

Loganberry

Loganberry was the first blackberry to have a hybrid origin. This variety was discovered in the early 20th century in the garden of Judge Logan. In this garden, the Auginbaugh blackberry was growing alongside the locally cultivated Red Antwerp raspberry. Logan once sowed seeds from one of the variety's parents and produced 50 hybrid seedlings. From these seedlings, the Loganberry hybrid was selected, the red berry of which turned out to be much larger than that of the Auginbaug blackberry. The variety quickly spread among gardeners on the US West Coast. Loganberry creeping bush, medium power. Replacement shoots are rarely more than 2cm in diameter. In addition to a thorny clone, a thornless clone is grown in culture - Thornless Loganberry. It is about this besshorny variety of our collection that will be discussed. Shoots and leaves of the Loganberry variety have a matte, velvety pubescence. The color of the shoots is gray-green, sometimes slightly reddish, along the part of the shoot. The reverse side of the sheet is silvery. The berry is red-crimson, strongly elongated, with a weak cone. It often reaches a length of 4cm and a diameter of 2cm. Average berry weight 8g. There is no gloss on the berry. The taste is pleasant, strongly reminiscent of raspberries. The ripening period is early, approximately coinciding with the ripening of the red raspberry varieties. The number of berries in a berry cluster is up to 5-6 pieces. The flower is white or slightly pinkish, large. There are few replacement shoots, usually no more than 5 pieces, but with the age of the bush there are more of them. The replacement shoots are pliable, fit well and rise well on the trellis. The yield of the variety is up to 3 kg of berries from a bush. The variety can be affected by stem gall midge and anthracnose.

(Black Butte)

Variety - Black Butte

New Canadian variety producing the largest fruit. The length of the berries reaches 51 mm, weighing up to 15 grams, unusually black, excellent taste. The bushes of the variety are prickly, although the thorns on the shoots are smaller. Fruiting from early July to September. Requires a trellis garter and shelter for the winter.

(Black Satin)

Variety - Black Satin

A powerful bush with thornless shoots. Berries are black, shiny, weighing 5 grams or more, collected in luxurious multi-berry clusters. The taste of berries is sweet and sour, with a pleasant aroma. Ripening period - August-September. Productivity up to 25 kg per bush.

(Gazda)

Variety - Gazda

Blackberry variety, low-spiked, vigorous, with straight, strong stems, it is recommended to set up supports. The variety is suitable for mechanized berry picking. Since blackberries bear fruit on stems of the second year, the stems should be cut out immediately after fruiting. In addition, it is necessary to shorten the lateral branches to 2-3 internodes.

Berries average size(5-7 g), almost round, growing in clusters, dense consistency, black, glossy, sweet and sour taste. The berries are suitable for sale on the market and for freezing. Transportability is good.

Winter hardiness and resistance to major diseases and pests are high.

Darrow

(Darrow)

A variety of American selection. Medium ripening.

The bush is powerful, with straight prickly shoots. Forms root suckers. The length of the lashes is 2.5 - 3 m.

The berries are large (weighing 3.5 - 4 g), sweet and sour, freshly sweet when overripe, black with gloss, oblong in shape. The ripening period is extended (approximately 1-1.5 months).

The yield depends on the growing conditions and the age of the bush. On the 2nd and 3rd year after planting, the harvest is small - 100-300 g, on the 4th - 500-600 g, on the 5th - already 2.5-3 kg per bush.

It is grown on supports and trellises, in the 5-6th year, about 10 offspring appear in upright bushes. In one place, blackberries can grow up to 10 years.

The variety is highly winter-resistant, can withstand temperatures as low as -34 ° C.

(Karaka Black)

Variety - Karaka Black

A new large-fruited variety from New Zealand with a complex genealogy (it is a complex hybrid of various types of blackberries and raspberry-blackberry hybrids .. The variety has a very large (average weight 10 g) black berry, glossy, good taste and aroma, capable of long storage , transportation, freezing. The term of ripening of berries and harvesting will be extended for 6-8 weeks. The yield is very high, more than 15 t / ha.

Natchez

(Natchez)

The Natchez Blackberry is one of the latest developments at the University of Arkansas.

The ripening period is medium - early in different years, the ripening period varied from late June to early July. Dates may vary, depending on what the spring was.

The bush is thornless, of great vigor, semi-erect shape, but with long branches. The branches are powerful, thick, easy to form a bush and tie them to a trellis.

The berry is very large, oblong, black in color, excellent taste, when fully ripe, very sweet (sometimes even too sweet, without pleasant sourness), fragrant, transportable. The yield is high.

It is of great interest for cultivation on farms and on personal backyards due to its large berry and high taste.

Variety - Orcan

Polish vigorous, thornless variety.

The fruits are large or very large, oblong, black, shiny, sour and very tasty. In warm, sheltered from the wind, it bears fruit very abundantly.

Productivity up to 5 kg per bush. A bush with long shoots 5 - 6 meters long.

Ripening period: second half of July

Berries are black, sweet and sour taste, weighing 3-8 grams.

Transportability is good.

Ruben

Bears fruit on the shoots of the current year and is well pollinated.

Very easy to grow because has a thick, strong, erect stem and does not need support. The bush reaches 1.8-2m in height. The blackberry of this variety has a very powerful root, so it grows and bears fruit on all types of soil.

The variety is resistant to autumn frosts, tolerates drought and heat, as well as partial shade, so it can be grown along fences and buildings.

Blackberry fruiting lasts from late August to November.

After harvesting, all shoots are cut off at the soil surface, leaving no stumps. This enables plants to withstand severe frosts and prevents the development of diseases and pests. The one-year method of growing shoots allows you to completely abandon chemical treatments and get environmentally friendly berries.

Variety - Brook

Creeping blackberry, medium late ripening.

Shoots are flexible, rounded, without thorns.

The berries are large, purple-black, weighing 4-5 g, up to 3 cm long, elongated-conical, sour-sweet, good quality... Mass ripening of berries begins in mid - late August.

The fully ripe berries taste like Gazda.

The yield is very high, from mature bushes, with good care up to 20 kg from a bush.

Winter hardiness in the conditions of central Russia is insufficient, a little snow cover is required.

When the shoots are sheltered for the winter, frost damage is usually not observed.

(Thornfree)

Variety - Thornfree

This blackberry variety was bred in America in 1966 in the state of Maryland. Developed by Dr. Scott with support from the US Department of Agriculture. The plant was selected from hybrid progeny (Brinerd x Merton Thornless x Eldorado).

Thornfree needs a mandatory shelter in the middle lane, but even without shelter, when laying shoots on the ground for wintering, it does not freeze every winter. Its shoots are tough, stubborn, reaching a length of 4-5 m. The bush has a semi-erect shape.

Berries are black, weighing 5-8 g, oval. The first fruits ripen in the first decade of August, and the last - in the first decade of September. Black berries are sour at first, then sweet and sour, then freshly sweet.

The taste is pleasant. There are more than 30 fruits in the berry cluster, and up to 120-130 berries are found.

This blackberry enjoys a well-deserved popularity among amateur gardeners and in industrial production. Thornfree is considered a commercial variety. Its advantages include large berries, abundant fruiting, multi-berry bunches, good taste, relatively amicable ripening of fruits, absence of thorns, resistance to pests and diseases, absence of offspring with proper care, decorative structure of leaves, beautiful flowering.

All listed positive traits varieties have made it one of the most common among hobbyists and industrialists.

Flint

The bush is upright, up to 3 m high, the vertical shoots are strongly branched and form a very dense crown. Ripens in July.

The thorniness of the bushes is average, this feature is overshadowed by other qualities of blackberries: early decorative flowering, undemanding care, high yield.

The berries are large, round in shape, pleasant sweet taste, aromatic, dense.

Flint is also prized for its unpretentious growing conditions. This variety is known for its high frost resistance - this blackberry is never covered for the winter, it can withstand temperatures down to -40 degrees. The variety is resistant to diseases and pests.

Helen

(Helen)

New early variety English selection. The bushes are medium-sized, compact, without thorns. The berries are large (weighing 6-8 g), oblong-rounded, black, dessert, aromatic. The berries are transportable. The cultivar is of interest for home and industrial gardening, because has very good quality berries.

The Natchez variety is a collaborative effort between the University of Arkansas and the US Department of Agriculture. One of the many advantages of the variety is the absence of thorns. The berry is sweet and large, up to 12 grams, elongated, glossy black. Its high sugar content (9.5%) makes it an ideal dessert berry. High yield variety.

Variety - Ebony

Early ripening variety. The bush is powerful, the branches are vertically directed, due to which the plant has a compact structure. The berry is large, up to 20 mm in diameter, sweet, with delicate taste and a pronounced aroma, with a dry separation, well transported. The design industrial yield is about 10-15 kg per bush. In home cultivation, with proper care, the yield can be an order of magnitude higher. In central Russia, it requires shelter.

Ezhemalina

(Taibery)

Variety - Tayberry

A modern raspberry-blackberry hybrid, with an early ripening period that coincides with the maturation of most raspberry varieties. Berry 5-6g., Dark red, elongated, with a candy aroma. Productivity 5 kg. from the bush.