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[Caren Kirk <quirky@videotron.ca>]

 Melissa,

Coming from England where we have these great, flavourful albeit 
somewhat tart blackberries growing along side most country roads, ready 
to be picked by any passerby, I have high expectations for blackberry 
flavour. I find the mexican-grown blackberries that are sold up here in 
supermarkets insipid. To my knowledge no one is commercially growing 
them up here in Quebec (too risky climate-wise). However I have to say I 
was extremely pleased with the flavour of my home-grown fruits this 
year, perhaps not the best I've ever tasted but a helluva lot better 
than the supermarket stuff. I would have loved to have made a pie with 
them, but between me, my husband and the kids, hardly any of them even 
made it as far as the kitchen without being gobbled up!

I do appreciate my raspberries (hence my idea about pulling up the 
blackberries to make more room) but after this summer's harvest of 
blackberries I am glad they were tenacious enough to grow back!

Hoping you get to taste the blackberry that will change your mind,

Caren Kirk
St. Jerome, QC

On 11/29/2010 10:53 PM, Melissa Kacalanos wrote:
> 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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