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Hi all,
I have been digging lots of big, angry brambles out of my plot. Many of them have established themselves in the paths or under desired plants - they have been dug out and chopped up and piled where I can keep an eye that nothing takes hold again.
However, I was in the midst of digging out a smaller, less angry vine when I noticed that the previous tenant had left a plant marker next to it. The marker read "Apache", which turns out to be an apparently more manageable cultivar of blackberry. I've probably cut it back too much to see any berries this year, but I've left it in.
I'm wondering if there is any reasonable way to identify these cultivated varieties or related hybrid berries from the wild blackberries based on pre-fruiting characteristics (less thorny? different growth habit?). I'm a big fan of berries but I don't want to get back to the previous state of affairs where the big, angry brambles are sprawling across half the plot.
I'm also just curious
Thanks!
I have been digging lots of big, angry brambles out of my plot. Many of them have established themselves in the paths or under desired plants - they have been dug out and chopped up and piled where I can keep an eye that nothing takes hold again.
However, I was in the midst of digging out a smaller, less angry vine when I noticed that the previous tenant had left a plant marker next to it. The marker read "Apache", which turns out to be an apparently more manageable cultivar of blackberry. I've probably cut it back too much to see any berries this year, but I've left it in.
I'm wondering if there is any reasonable way to identify these cultivated varieties or related hybrid berries from the wild blackberries based on pre-fruiting characteristics (less thorny? different growth habit?). I'm a big fan of berries but I don't want to get back to the previous state of affairs where the big, angry brambles are sprawling across half the plot.
I'm also just curious
Thanks!
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