Commercial Horticulture - Fruits and Nuts
Choctaw - Blackberry
 Type
- Thorny, erect.
Date of Release - 1989; not under plant patent, expired
Fruit Size - Medium, averaging 5 grams/berry.
Flavor/Sweetness - Good, rated highest of all thorny varieties;
soluble solids (percent sugar) averages 8.7 percent.
Yield - High yields in most years, occasionally exceeding
Shawnee, but yields more variable in some locations and years.
Maturity Date - Earliest ripening Arkansas variety, ripening beginning
approximately May 30 at Clarksville, Arkansas, and fruiting extends for four
weeks.
Disease Resistance - Susceptible to double blossom/ rosette; orange
rust resistant; no anthracnose observed.
Comments - Storage and handling potential similar to
Shawnee; not recommended for storage over one to two days or for shipping
due to softness of berries; slightly less hardy than other Arkansas varieties;
seed size smallest of the Arkansas varieties; root cutting sprouting and
propagation potential good.
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