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["Ernest Plutko" <ernestplutko@wiktel.com>]

My wife made a raspberry and black raspberry mix cobbler.  Really
yummy.  I have some Illini Hardy blackberries ripening now.  I had a
few that were ripe today they are big but sour.  Anyone in a milder
climate grow them?  Are they sweeter in warmer weather?  They don't
grow here so I cover the canes with dirt It's impractical but I do it
for fun.  Berries are on lateral canes.  If I don't cover the
primocanes it takes a long time for crowns to start growing in spring
and I don't get laterals.  I have Canadian apples but I usually let
the animals eat them.  I don't like eating apples.