just planted 5 of the baby cakes dwarf thornless blackberry. they claim they can be planted in containers and give 2 crops a season. a early florocane and late primocane. this cultivar is new also. should see some fruit next summer. maybe lucky to get a few late summer this year but they’re slow to establish with our cold wet spring. i can’t see a white blackberry tasting too good.
White strawberry’s can expose novel flavors of pineapple. Yellow cherries can sometimes escape bird pressure. Lets not knock it till tried. People put a lot of effort to bring this to the public.
Don’t tell @Drew51. I imagine he’ll be all over this white blackberry.
If I am not mistaken, there is a history of white blackberries being discovered on rare occassions. Luther Burbank was said to have successfully bred one.
Yes I’m growing Burbank’s. I decided I have way too many blackberries. So I actually have traded away my whites, Burbank’s white blackberry, and Nettleton’s Creamy white blackberry. I will bare root them The Nettleton’s taste awful to me, and the Burbank is unproductive. I will be putting in some of my honeyberries I have in root pouches in those spots.
I also removing Triple Crown, Navaho, Loch Ness, Columbia Star, and Black Diamond.
I’m keeping wyeberry, Tayberry, boysenberry, Siskiyou, Darrow, and Marion. The former three are early types. These are more than enough. I’m getting 20 gallons a year and can’t get rid of them all or eat near that many. I have 1 gallon from last year left still, it is way out of hand and overboard, so i took action. I probably have enough room now for another tree
A bit, they are both in containers. I may eliminate them eventually. I want to keep Darrow for breeding. I did cross Loch Ness , Columbia Star, and New Berry. But seeds have to germinate outside.
Yeah keeping New Berry too, also in a container and is fairly productive in a container. I going to tip root one for in ground next year. This one is excellent.
Another goal here is to eliminate those that peak during SWD season else I would keep all of them. All listed are decent blackberries. Oh also getting rid of Chester. Probably the lowest quality but when fully ripe is not bad at all.
I also want room for breeding stock to grow. My hobby within a hobby!
Yes, I hate to, such a huge berry. I have too many though.
To stay on subject i did see these white blackberries, and they do look interesting.
I have to pass for reasons stated.
I’m also cutting out a number of fig trees and trying to keep what I like best. i still have many under evaluation.
