Of the Ark varieties, I have Ouachita already, and plan to add Ponca and Caddo this year, or asap.
I got started on a new bed prep yesterday… broke some ground for the first time this year.
I think that is all of the Ark varieties that I want for now.
I also have a older variety “with thorns” that I have been very happy with. Ilinni, great taste, wild blackberry flavor, but more sweet, and much larger, very productive. Negative, double blossom - they do have some of that, but continue to produce very good. Huge crop last year despite a very wet spring.
A couple years ago Spring 2019 I planted a LoganBerry and last year discovered that it started repining fruit May 25 and produced for nearly 2 months. It is very flavorful, but mostly tart. I love to eat it fresh combined with other sweeter berries, strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, etc…
To me that is such a HUGE plus… now I have a berry that gets ripe, a month earlier than I previously did.
This makes me wonder if there are any other BlackBerries, or BlackBerry/RaspBerry crosses, with thorns or without… that ripen very early ? Or at least start ripening early June ?
I prefer a sweeter berry… I would say 1/3 tart, 2/3 sweet would be my ideal berry.
So that is my question… are there any other berries out there like the LoganBerry that ripens very early ? I was pleasantly surprised to find that. Even though it is quite tart, I will treasure it because it is ripe, when nothing else is. they Freeze well and we are still eating them from last year. Not sure I would want any other mostly tart berries though… one may be enough of that.
Early Ripening Berries ? Late May, or thru June, finishing June or early July.
More sweet, less tart ?
Productive, disease resistant ?
With or without thorns. I really don’t mind thorns at all.
One Green World seems to think that the MarionBerry is a fine berry, but they say it ripens in July. Considering I know that SWD is here late July, that may not work for me.
Just wondering if there are some of you who perhaps favor “thorned” varieties and know of any that might fit what I am looking for.
Anyone growing the Oregon varieties in the East (I am in Tennessee Zone 7a) and know of any that might fit what I am looking for ?
Thanks
TNHunter