This publication describes blackberry cultivars, including trailing, erect, semierect, primocane-fruiting erect, and blackberry/red raspberry hybrids. It includes information on commercial value and identifies which cultivars work well for home gardens.
Published March 2008. A more recent revision exists. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Published April 1942. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
The ability to correctly identify cultivars of commercially produced blackberry fruit is important to the industry. This manual gives growers and processors a first step in identifying blackberry cultivars by the seeds of their fruit. It includes 17 commercially grown blackberry cultivars.
Published February 1957. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Oregon is known around the world for its blackberries. We have an ideal climate, with warm, clear, summer days and cool nights, so our berries reach peak flavor and quality. We also grow excellent black and red raspberries. Blackberries are distinguished from raspberries by whether the fruit retains its receptacle...
There is limited information available on production of trailing blackberry, particularly certified organic plantings, which are of interest to growers as there is increased consumer demand and a price premium over conventionally-produced fruit. Various production strategies were evaluated for their effect on yield, biomass production, carbon (C), and nutrient concentrations...
In spring of 1993 and 1994, mature 'Marion' (Rubus sp.) plants were pruned to 0, 4, 8, and 12 floricanes. An additional treatment of 0 floricanes with early (30 cm) primocane pruning was included. Primocane growth was measured from emergence in April until growth cessation at the end of October....
Published February 1950. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
The study was conducted in an organic trailing blackberry (Rubus L. subgenus Rubus, Watson) planting established at the North Willamette Research and Extension Center in Aurora, OR on 26 May 2010. Three weed management systems were compared for 'Marion' and 'Black Diamond': 1) non-weeded; 2) hand-hoed two to three times...