Anyone who has suffered before the blood at the time when cleaning blackberries, will gladly plant in his garden this plant from the family of pink, devoid of thorns breeders. The presented varieties of the non-bearing blackberry will allow you to reap a rich harvest, without spending much effort either on the cleaning itself or on the care of an unpretentious plant. The best way to get quality planting material is to buy it in the nursery. The soil of the land for the blackberry should combine the qualities of water resistance and moisture capacity. The optimal time for planting is early spring and early autumn.
Important! Cannot be planted on calcareous and saline soils.
Thornfree
The non-stinging blackberry "Tornfrey" in 2016 celebrated the 50th anniversary of its first appearance. It happened in the USA. It has a very strong and beautiful bush that attracts admiring glances to itself during its lush blooming with large pink flowers with a diameter of up to 3.5 cm. And almost the whole of August, sour-sweet egg-shaped berries ripen in violet and black colors.One shrub is capable of producing more than 20 kg of fruit. A decent weight (up to 5 g) berries are recommended to be quickly cleaned, otherwise, overripe, they will become excessively soft. Not prone to disease and resistant to pests, "Tornfri" may suffer from increased heat from sunburn. In these cases, it is desirable to create shading for it.
Navaho
The brilliance of black berries "Navajo" on the erect branches of blackberry invites to itself throughout the entire August. Not the largest weight of fruits (4-7 g) is fully compensated by their number - on the shoot of a shrub that has grown to the age of four, it fits up to half a thousand. The high yield of the Navajo bushes, surpassing even the raspberries, is complemented by the frost resistance of this American hybrid, making it one of the most versatile varieties of blackberry no-bearings.
Apache
Indian name obtained, of course, in North America. Local breeders need to thank for this high-yielding variety of blackberries with large sweet berries that cause increased appetite. Uniform oval fruits are firmly held on powerful upright shoots, showing increased growth energy. Fruiting beginning in the second half of June lasts up to five weeks. To increase the high yield and so additional pruning is applied. The variety does not like high temperatures, but in winter it is able to withstand 20-degree frost.
"Arapaho"
The frost-resistant bush of the American variety besshipnaya blackberry is composed of half-meter vertical shoots. Gardeners were able to plant a large black short-conical fruit with a mass of up to 5.5 g of a glossy surface and a sweet taste. In Arapaho, there are small and light seeds. Because of their invisibility, connoisseurs of blackberry cultures prefer this variety. It also attracts rich yields ranging from 6 to 10 tons per hectare and the ability to tolerate more than 20 degrees of frost.
"Black Satin" (Black Satin)
The speaking name directly indicates the color of the berries (black satin), the gentle, pronounced blackberry smell and the sweet-sour taste of which are no less attractive. From the second half of August, they ripen on low (1.2–1.5 m) bushes with powerful thick shoots, which, after initial growth, gradually turn upwards into a horizontal plane and can grow up to 5 meters. The rigidity of the branches forces gardeners to make supports for them and shape them on the trellis.
Did you know? "Black Satin "grows well in shaded areas.
"Chief Joseph" (Chief Joseph)
The long branches of the well-formed, powerful bush of the Bearing Joseph Chief Besperetta variety will become half-sprawled near the ground. This makes it possible to easily cover them for the winter. Massive shiny black berries ripen in a row for 5 weeks, starting a rich harvest period in early August. The taste of a completely acid-free berry resembles a wild blackberry with sweetness and excellent aroma.
Did you know? There are berries up to 40 grams.
"Doyle" (Doyle)
According to unconfirmed data, the American besshipnyy blackberry variety "Doyle" (one of the newest) got into the Guinness Book of Records for ultrahigh yield. At the branchy bush 4-meter horizontal shoots. The form of rich black berries with a sweet and sour dessert taste and pleasant aroma is slightly elongated. Doyle has good resistance to pests, which is similar to the Loch Ness ratio of diseases. It tolerates both winter cold and summer drought. It is well transported, for which we love manufacturers and sellers. Positive feedback is also due to the possibility of long-term harvesting - fruiting lasts for six weeks, starting from the end of July.
Did you know? You can get half a centner of berries from the bush.
Loch Ness
By name, it is clear that the variety of blackberry "Loch Ness" is bred by Scottish gardeners who are familiar with the famous lake. It is known since 1988. This blackberry has compact bushes up to 1.8 m high and 4-meter shoots. It can grow along vertical walls and trellis grids, but it can also do without supports. It attracts with ovals strong large (up to 5 g) berries and excellent yields (up to 30 kg from one plant). Breeders have achieved excellent disease resistance for the Loch Ness blackberry.
Important! Without spoiling, transported over long distances.
Natchez (Natchez)
The American variety with semi-sprouting shoots delights with unusually sweet 12-16 grams of elongated berries with eggs of large farms. Ripens earlier than other varieties and five July weeks gives the opportunity to harvest. It is excellent in its commodity qualities (the week does not change its appearance, including during transportation), attracting both sellers and consumers. The fruits have a classic blackberry flavor. The shoots need support to be able to transfer loads and gusts of wind normally.
"Hull Tornless" (Hull Tornless)
35 years ago, in the US state of Maryland, breeders developed a new cold-resistant, non-bearing blackberry variety, Hull Thornless. Its seedlings attract gardeners with powerful growth. On the long branches of the bushes of the semi-expanding form there are large round-oval glossy-black berries from large farms. Moderately sweet-smelling sweet-sour berries ripen a bit later than the well-known variety Black Sateen. Due to the high yield (up to 40 kg of fruit can be harvested from the bush), it is paid attention of professionals and amateurs.
Bright greens of spring foliage, lush June bloom, tender July ovary, a rich August harvest, sweetness of the autumn-winter dessert and a minimum of trouble will forever make you fans of the blackberry-free.