My experience with Logan is the fruit size is proportional to the cane diameter, or vigor.
Small canes or laterals tend to bear smaller fruit. If this is a new planting, I might let everything grow and prune before next spring, otherwise just keep the thicker canes going. You can keep one or two spindly canes and see how the fruit compares next year.
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Once logans hit that final ripening stage… deep purple and quite soft… release easily when picking… very good for fresh eating.
If you pick them before that… they will still be very good but quite tart… wow flavor. I like them like that too…
They do make awesome jams… and a few logans added to other berrie mixes will really kick it up a knotch flavor wise.
The best jam i have ever made was a mix of around 90% black raspberry 10% logans. 100% awesome.
Mix logans and maple syrup and simmer… for some really great french toast or waffle or pancake topping.
When you pick logans… dont just pull them straight out… but take the berry with your finger tips and turn it about 90 degrees sideways and tug just a bit… if it does not release with a easy tug… leave it… and try again later.
If you have to force them off… they are going to be very tart.
TNHunter
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I am still not sure what this thing is. I am leaning toward a hybrid of Rubus leucodermis and Rubus ursinus. The fall colors are better than any bramble I have seen.
I may have picked the berry a little early, but the receptacle was partly detached when I picked it. It was 11ish Brix and was very tart. I won’t know if it is any good until I have given it a couple of seasons of good light and fertilizer.
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Those wicked thorns and the shape of the fruit remind me of wineberry. Maybe call it a muttberry. 
Yeah, but certain traits make me certain that it has no foreign blackberry genes. I am not sure so much about non American raspberry. The thorns remind me of Tayberry thorns. The camera on my phone is not perfect, but the foliage is the color of sugar maple.
Rubus ursinus leaves look very close to raspberry leaves, so I would not be surprised if it contains both species. It could also be pure R. leucodermis for all I know.
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