A distinctly tart, juicy cross between blackberry and red raspberry, these large, red-black berries mature at up to 2' long. The harvest of delicious, aromatic fruit continues to ripen for up to two months. Try eating them fresh with cream or baking into a spectacular pie---exceptional. Trellis the trailing, vigorous canes. USDA Zones 6-10.
Although thorny, Marionberry has such an incredible, rich flavor that many people prefer it to any other berry for eating out of hand and for making superb pies, jellies or juices. Plants produce consistently heavy crops of high quality fruit starting in July and continuing for several weeks. Not to be confused with the former mayor of Washington, DC. USDA Zones 7-9. Available in 4' pots.
by Louise Riotte, 31 pages. This Storey booklet shows the backyard gardener how to plant, care for and trellis rasp and blackberries. In all the Story booklets, which were published in 1979, the info on selecting varieties is out of date but the other information is very useful.
A distinctly tart, juicy cross between blackberry and red raspberry, these large, red-black berries mature at up to 2' long. The harvest of delicious, aromatic fruit continues to ripen for up to two months. Try eating them fresh with cream or baking into a spectacular pie---exceptional. Trellis the trailing, vigorous canes. USDA Zones 6-10.
A distinctly tart, juicy cross between blackberry and red raspberry, these large, red-black berries mature at up to 2" long. The harvest of delicious, aromatic fruit continues to ripen for up to two months. Try eating them fresh with cream or baking into a spectacular pie---exceptional. Trellis the trailing, vigorous canes. USDA Zones 6-10. Bare Root Canes.
Thought to be a cross between Loganberry and wild Cascade trailing blackberry (which it will pollinate), this berry was a very popular backyard crop 40 years ago, but it has long since been unavailable. Many still ask for it, because of an unmatched wild trailing blackberry flavor, a much larger size and higher productivity. Fruit ripens in July. USDA Zones 7-9. 4 inch pots.
(Rubus ursinus) Every summer from Alaska to Northern California, fruit lovers in the know pick and trip over the sweet, especially tasty, native trailing blackberries. We offer a selection found in the wild that is among the biggest and sweetest ever found, although still small. Grow them on a trellis, so they won't be underfoot and so you can pick lots of fruit which is otherwise only available in the wild and fetches a very high price! We offer female plants that need to be pollinized. Unless you have a wild trailing male in the neighborhood, also plant Tayberry, ORUS 1843 or Cascade. USDA Zones 7-9. 4' pots.
Although thorny, Marionberry has such an incredible, rich flavor that many people prefer it to any other berry for eating out of hand and for making superb pies, jellies or juices. Plants produce consistently heavy crops of high quality fruit starting in July and continuing for several weeks. Not to be confused with the former mayor of Washington, DC. USDA Zones 7-9. Available in 4' pots.
(3 or more for $4.50 each) Although thorny, Marionberry has such an incredible, rich flavor that many people prefer it to any other berry for eating out of hand and for making superb pies, jellies or juices. Plants produce consistently heavy crops of high quality fruit starting in July and continuing for several weeks. Not to be confused with the former mayor of Washington, DC. USDA Zones 7-9. Bare Root Canes.
Start your picking season earlier with this very large, heavy yielding cultivar with delicious marionberry like flavor. It is hardier than Marion. Pacific Northwest berry breeders have developed this bright black, thorny, early season wonder and are releasing it for the first time. Obsidian is also excellent for machine harvesting. Ripens mid-July.
Make way for the new 'primocane' blackberry. It is larger, more productive and more flavorful than Prime Jan and Jim. This unique upright, free standing 'primocane' blackberry bears ON FIRST YEAR CANES. For some twenty years gardeners have enjoyed 'primocane' raspberries. Now, as you do with the 'everbearing' raspberries, allow the blackberries to grow for a season. Then each winter cut the canes just above the ground and allow them to grow back. At the beginning of September through the fall, simply harvest the fruit. If you wish, like the raspberries you can allow the canes to grow for a second year and they will also produce a crop in June. Prime Ark thrives in the Pacific NW and as far north as central Minnesota and New York. It is a low chill selection, however it doesn't produce well in places like the deep South, where summer temperatures are consistently above 90°F. Plants are hardy in the winter to 10°F or below zero if cut back to the ground and heavily mulched. The primocane fruit ripens in June or July, 4 days after Prime Jim and again in September, two weeks after Prime Jim.
Plant Silvan for its outstanding sweet Marionberry-like flavor and an earlier harvest: plants kick off heavier production two weeks before Marion and produce for up to two months. Silvan is hardier than Marion. Plants are thorny and staples in the Pacific Northwest. 4' pot.
