Reuben
Variety of Blackberry · Rubus fruticosus
First productive primocane (autumn-fruiting) blackberry with very large berries.
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4🇺🇸 USA 2008
Taste & characteristics
Taste
firmsweetaromatic
Profile
- Parentage
- US-Zuchtprogramm (primocane-fruchtend)
- Breeder
- University of Arkansas (J.R. Clark)
- Pollination
- self-fertile
- Fruit weight
- 9 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Very large, firm berries with sweet, mild flavour; fruits on first-year canes.
Growth
Erect, vigorous, thorny; can be cut to the ground.
Yield
Autumn crop on new canes; ideal for late-season harvest.
Notes
Primocane type: allows cropping without overwintering canes.
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