'Black Magic'™ (APF-77) Primocane-Fruiting Blackberry
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.71318/apom.2014.68.3.163Keywords:
Rubus, fruit breeding, small fruits, postharvest handlingAbstract
'Black Magic'™ (US plant patented as 'APF-77'), is a thorny (botanically spiny), primocane-fruiting blackberry (RubusL. subgenus RubusWatson) intended for use primarily as a home garden or local-market plant. This unique type of blackberry bears fruit on current-season canes (primocanes) and second-season canes (floricanes), potentially providing for crops in the traditional summer season and an additional late-summer to fall season. This new introduction produces large berries with good flavor, has good productivity compared to some prior primocane-fruiting releases, and exhibits some flower and fruit set heat tolerance on the primocanes compared to other primocane-fruiting genotypes in the Arkansas breeding program. It does not have good postharvest storage potential however, and it is not recommended for the wholesale fresh market.
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