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2024 Author: Sebastian Paterson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:47
Not blackberries, not raspberries
We began our acquaintance with ezemalina with three small bushes sent from Moscow and propagated, as stated in the advertisement, by the… in virto method. This was about 30 years ago. Since then, she pleases us with abundant, annual harvests. It blooms very beautifully, large, very tasty fragrant berries.
1. Firstly, there is not a single berry crop that would give the same high yield per square meter. Some varieties in the conditions of the Middle Volga region yield more than 15 kg of berries from one bush. When properly formed, the bush occupies only 2.5 running meters. However, some varieties that are raspberry-blackberry hybrids are comparable in yield to raspberries, with a more tasty and large berry.
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2. Secondly, many do not believe that blackberries are sweeter than raspberries. Most cultivated varieties produce berries, the taste of which is not only as good as raspberries, but surpasses them. Unripe blackberry is sour, then it becomes sweet and sour, then fresh sweet with a dessert aroma.
Many varieties of blackberries, which are raspberry-blackberry hybrids, have especially pleasant interesting aromas with various flavors.
It is no coincidence that in the United States, which is the world leader in the production and selection of blackberries, the taste assessment of raspberries as "a flavor for the poor" is considered fair. The average weight of berries of most varieties is 4-12g, in some varieties the weight of berries can reach 15-18g, while in most varieties of raspberries it is 3g, and only a small part of large-fruited varieties are capable of producing large berries with an average weight of 4-12 g.
3. Third, the blackberry berry is always clean (there is no worm-like larva of the raspberry beetle)
4. Fourthly, the bushes of most varieties (if the root system is not damaged) do not give root growth, only replacement shoots.
5. Fifthly, the culture practically does not require chemical treatments - there are simply no pests.
Not yet, the culture is young (immunity has not yet been lost).
6. This plant has healing properties, from berries and leaves to roots. The spectrum of diseases for which it is used is unusually wide
7. This berry is much more transportable than raspberry. The fruit, with which she comes off, does not allow her to crumple (we are not talking about an overripe berry). Some varieties of berries are stored in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
8. Speaking about the low frost resistance of blackberries, we always forget that raspberries in the Middle Strip have to be weighed down as the frost resistance of most raspberry varieties does not exceed - 27 ° C and only some can withstand up to 40 ° C. And if we take modern large-fruited varieties of raspberries, then there is no need to talk about the high frost resistance of raspberries. The garden blackberry also has certain varieties that can withstand -27 and even -30 degrees.
9. Blackberry bushes with a deep powerful root system extending to a depth of one and a half meters are incomparably more drought-resistant than raspberry bushes whose entire root system is located in the upper soil layer 60 cm thick.
Due to this property, industrial blackberry plantations are laid even in semi-desert areas (subject to drip watering or irrigation). The power of the root system is simply amazing. I had to dig out individual roots of the Thornfrey variety reaching a thickness of 2.5 cm, seeing such a root it is difficult to believe that this is the root of a berry bush. This is where the huge potential of the plant lies, resulting in the incredible productivity of individual varieties.