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[Diane Whitehead <voltaire@islandnet.com>]

The berry quality varies.  I chose the two vines with the best berries  
on my property and pulled all the rest out.  I keep the two pruned and  
staked.  They ripen late in summer and early fall.

For early berries, Cascade berries are delicious.  They have the  
flavour of wild trailing blackberries.  I suspect they are only hardy  
on the coast, though.

Controlling Himalayan blackberries  is a lot easier than controlling  
some of the cultivated berries, like loganberries and boysenberries  
that I planted and then changed my mind about.  They have been coming  
up  for more than 25 years even though I cut them off several times a  
year.

Diane Whitehead
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
maritime zone 8, cool Mediterranean climate
mild rainy winters, mild dry summers

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