Blackberries, Raspberries and Hybrids

[krismoriah]

Well there is Richard’s Bababerry and there is Gertrude Millikan’s Bababerry… its up to the reader to decide which story they prefer.

Richard’s Bababerry and his story on it-

Bababerry Raspberry

The “Bababerry” raspberry hybrid was created about 100 years ago by a breeder in L.A. by crossing some standard mid-western U.S. variety with a native species from the southern CA coastal ranges. It was originally sold by San Gabriel Nursery and perhaps others. My grandparents bought some for their home in Redlands as did other residents of the San Bernardino Valley. Somewhere around the '50’s nursery wholesale suppliers stopped stocking it and nurseries “forgot” about it for 2-3 decades. Then s…

Gertrude Millikan’s find-

Patent was filed for in 1979 as an everbearing raspberry

USPP4732P - Raspberry plant named Bababerry - Google Patents

Richard says that they are ultra low chill and not recommended for anywhere else-

Don says differently-

Baba raspberry help

Richard suggests tip rooting for raspberries in the fall in his post… that would be difficult for an everbearing variety that fruits on the tips which results in spent tips. Interesting though. His may not be everbearing.

Richard says the story is made up… Someone that knew Baba posted in that thread and said it wasnt made up. Then he stopped posting.

So with most of these things like Josephine its a ‘choose your own adventure’ kind of deal… and the truth is out there.