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["Mark Angermayer" <hangermayer@isp.com>]

I've grown several of the moderately hardy blackberries (as opposed to West
Coast varieties):
Arapaho
Ouachita
Navaho
Apache
Triple Crown

I'm also familiar w/ Chester.  Although I haven't grown it, I've sampled it
from a U-pick fairly close to here.

Of all the above Triple Crown is the sweetest berry.  If picked when fully
ripe, it's plenty sweet.  I do get a little dieback of Triple Crown here in
zone 6.  For zone 5 Apache would probably be a better bet.  It should be
sweet enough for you, though not quite a sweet as Triple Crown.  Apache
produces huge berries.

Mark
Kansas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Melissa Kacalanos"
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 9:53 PM
Subject: [NAFEX] flavorful blackberries?


> On the subject of blackberries, are there any really flavorful, aromatic
ones that are hardy in zone 5? All the blackberries I've tried have ranged
from pretty good to very sour yet flavorless, unlike raspberries, which
range from very good to exquisitely aromatic. Am I missing something here?
Why would anyone grow blackberries when they could grow raspberries instead?
>
> Melissa
> zone 5, central NY, where the squirrels are still feasting on my green
strawberries.
>
>
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