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[ernestplutko@netscape.net]

Has anyone had any success growing blackberries in zone 3?  I found 
blackberries growing on a vacant lot in Little Canada, Minnesota which is a 
little north of St. Paul, Minnesota.  This is zone 4. This lot used to be 
part of an old farm.  The black berries had thick, strongly thorned canes 
which which grew to about nine feet long.  The berries were of a good size 
with a good flavor.  The blackberries were probably a tame variety from the 
previous farm.  For three years in a row, I took some of the blackberry 
plants three hundred miles north to my garden in zone 3.  The blackberries 
grew well during the summers but all died over the winters.  I found wild 
blackberries growing near Brainerd, Minnesota which is in zone 3.  These wild 
blackberries plants are small, the berries are small and of poor quality.  
Not worth growing.  Has anyone grown Doyle Thornless Blackberries advertised 
on the Internet?  Supposedly, this blackberry grows in all states if you 
cover the canes with soil during the winter if it get below zero.  $15.00 a 
plant!  I really like to eat blackberries and would like to grow them.  I 
originally came from Pennsylvania and blackberries were a weed.  No trouble 
growing them near Pittsburgh.    Ernie Plutko zone 3
   

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