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["gorgon zolla" <lazolla@hotmail.com>]

We have not had good results growing commercial blackberry and black 
raspberry cultivars in southern Minnesota, despite the presence of wild 
black raspberries in the area.  As you point out, they are native in the 
Brainard area.  I have seen them as far north as Bemidji.  These wild 
varieties are low yielding and have small fruit size, but the culinary 
quality is extremely high.  As is often the case with wild grown fruit, the 
flavor seems more concentrated due to the small size of each fruit.

While we have had a few crops of blackberries, the canes are prone to 
disease and crop irregularly.

Steve Dunlop
Nerstrand, MN
Z4

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