Prime-Jim and Prime-Jan blackberries

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bbhow Edinboro, PA(Zone 5b) Feb 05, 2007

Stark's catalog features these two blackberries that are said to fruit on both first and second-year canes, in the same way that Autumn-fruiting raspberries like Heritage do. I'm excited, but need your help to decide whether to plant them or not. Does anyone know what their flavor is like compared to, say, Triple Crown and how well they bear? I live in Zone 5. Do you think they need to be pruned like everbearing raspberries or maybe mown down each winter?

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Indy Alexandria, IN(Zone 6a) Feb 05, 2007

Indiana Berry Co. rates their flavor as excellent....same as Triple Crown. The berries are rated medium size.These are thorny caned.

I let my "everbearing" raspberries fruit twice...all the more so because of Japanese Beetles eating the blooming tips in late summer. I prefer two crops. Indiana Berry favors mowing off in late fall. My experience has been that the JBs have not bothered my blackberries. Course, if you have those beetles and no other crop they like...who knows.

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bbhow Edinboro, PA(Zone 5b) Feb 10, 2007

Thanks, Indy! Must get Indiana Berry catalog...or look it up here at DG! Thanks! -Brian

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Indy Alexandria, IN(Zone 6a) Feb 10, 2007

Actually I got my blackberries from Stark's.... the last ones in 3" pots that did perfectly !

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cuckoo4rblackbe Savannah, MO(Zone 5b) Feb 14, 2007

bbhow go ahead and try those blackberries. It's fun to try growing new things. If they don't grow or produce well try something else.
Cuckoo

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