Donna wrote, "That combined with Jim's taste tests implies maybe someone
should be out searching for superior clones that
taste good COOKED. That means it takes a bit more effort to compare clones.
I suppose the named selections, being tetraploid, were selected for making
bigger fruit? Did the wild selections have small fruit?"
The wild plants produced a variety of sizes of fruit whereas the named
varieties produced fruit of a more uniform size. The average size of wild
fruit is smaller but some fruits are as large as the tetraploid's.
Jim Fruth
Brambleberry Farm
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