The Southern Living DownHome Harvest® Collection of fruit and berries makes it easier than ever to grow delicious fruit in your own backyard. With an upright growth habit, DownHome Harvest® 'Navaho' ...

Researchers have discovered the genetic region responsible for blackberries' deployment of a type of pointy self-protection: thorns. Thorns can scratch pickers and damage fruit, making thornless ...

Researchers have discovered the genetic region responsible for blackberries’ deploying of a type of pointy self-protection: thorns. They can scratch pickers and damage fruit, making thornless ...

For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been picking and eating what are arguably the best fruits I have ever tasted (a belief I often hold when a particular fruit is ripe). They are blackberries, but not ...

Before I moved to Oregon and learned "blackberry" was a bad word because of its invasive nature in the Northwest, I thought only lovely thoughts about the fruit. I remembered sun-baked days when my ...

One of the simple joys of summer is eating fresh blackberries. Anyone who has picked wild blackberries in the woods would be hesitant to grow them at home. They envision tangled brambles full of ...

The thornless blackberries in Mary Steffens’ backyard in Echo Park are going on three years, and one of the plants is finally setting fruit -- big, purple-black globes of nearly seedless, sweet-tart ...

When I was growing up in rural Clark County, we picked wild blackberries. I remember that most of the ones we ate straight from the briar were sweet, with an occasional berry being so tart it would ...

If you are looking for a small fruit to produce in your backyard, blackberries may be the fruit for you. Blackberries are one of nature’s magic fruits. They are high in antioxidants, comparable to ...

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While strawberries are readily available most of the year, berries such as blackberries are seldom available fresh at local markets. And what a shame! These berries are not only luscious, but they are ...

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