BLACKBERRY VARIETY OVERVIEW
Variety | Growth Habit | FC/PC*** | Spines? | Season | Fruit Size | Titratable* Acidity | Brix** |
Loch Tay | Semi-erect | FC | No | Early | 4.5-5g | 7.77 | 9.72 |
Natchez | Semi-erect | FC | No | Early | 7-9g |
| 11.0 |
Arapaho | Erect | FC | No | Early | 5-7g | 7.55 | 10.0 |
Tupy | Erect | FC | Yes | Early | 7-9g |
| 10.65 |
Ouachita | Erect | FC | No | Early/Mid | 6-7g | 6.51 | 10.5 |
Loch Ness | Semi-erect | FC | No | Mid | 4-6g | 10.6 | 9.9 |
Apache | Erect | FC | No | Mid | 7-10g | 5.11 | 10.7 |
Navaho | Erect | FC | No | Mid | 5-6g | 6.55 | 11.4 |
Chester | Semi-erect | FC | No | Late | 5-7g | 5.50 | 6.58 |
Reuben | Erect | PC | Yes | Late | 7-9g | 8.6 | 11.5 |
* Titratable acidity = g/L of tartaric acid present in extracted juice from ripe fruits
**Brix - soluble solids (sugars) in extracted juice measured by refractometer
*** FC/PC = Floricane or Primocane