Commercial Horticulture - Fruits and Nuts
Apache - Blackberry
 Type
- Thornless, erect.
Date of Release - 1998; plant patent #11,865.
Fruit Size - Largest of the Arkansas thornless; up to 10 grams/berry.
Flavor/Sweetness - Very good, rated between that of
Arapaho and
Navaho; soluble solids
(percent sugar) averages 10.7 percent.
Yield - Highest yielding of the thornless options in research
trials.
Maturity Date - Ripens beginning approximately June 20 at Clarksville,
Arkansas, and fruiting extends for about five weeks. Ripening season is near
that of Navaho.
Disease Resistance - Not tested for resistance to double
blossom/rosette, but could have same resistance as Navaho and
Arapaho due to parentage; no orange rust observed; no anthracnose observed.
Comments - Fruit storage and handling potential good, similar to
Arapaho; hardiness similar to other Arkansas thornless; root cutting
sprouting or propagation potential appears higher than other thornless.
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