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  • From: Bill Shoemaker <wshoemak AT illinois.edu>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Fall Blackberries
  • Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:06:31 -0500 (CDT)

> I am considering planting Prime Jan or Prime Jim
> blackberries for production this fall. Does anyone
> have experience with these varieties and if so, how
> did they do? What sort of crop could one expect from
> each plant? Any problems?
> Marie in Missouri

I don't have them Marie but I've talked to a few growers in Illinois who have
some experience with them. They seem to be happy with them. Sorry I don't
have any details to share but I would expect them to do pretty well there.
They were developed at the University of Arkansas.

Bill

William H Shoemaker, UI-NRES
Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops
St Charles Horticulture Research Center
535 Randall Road St Charles, IL 60174
630-584-7254; FAX-584-4610




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