Topic: fantasia blackberry

[johhnyco15]

my fantasia blackberry is very early this year into flower has any body else had this

[saddad]

I have one on my bottom allotment... I'll check tomorrow..

[sparrow]

That's the blackberry that was found on our allotment site!

I can check tomorrow too...

  

https://fruitforum.wordpress.com/2011/04/13/blackberry-fantasia/

[johhnyco15]

thanks chaps look forward to the news and maybe a pick or two

[sparrow]

No flowers here, though the plants have big fat buds on so it won't be long....!

Am taking a cutting from the original plants later in the year - the thorns are spectacularly vicious!

[johhnyco15]

No flowers here, though the plants have big fat buds on so it won't be long....!

Am taking a cutting from the original plants later in the year - the thorns are spectacularly vicious!

the one in the pic is a two year old cutting i took from an old fantasia and yes the thorns are pretty awesum its great you can get an original cutting well done you

[Silverleaf]

Quick question about blackberries - apologies if this should be in a seperate thread!

Do cultivated blackberries taste as good as wild ones?

My dad had an allotment back in the 80s and deliberately left the wild brambles to do their thing at the bottom end, because we all love them so much in jams, pies and crumbles (and blackberry wine!) He insisted that while the cultivated ones were better behaved and you get fewer scratches picking them, they don't taste half as good.

Is he right?

[Robert_Brenchley]

I'm not sure. I've got some big ones in my hedge, I'm not sure whether it's a variety or something someone found and brought back. Whatever, they have ferocious thorns, and taste the same as any other blackberry. What about the 'official' varieties?

[johhnyco15]

i have 3 different blackberry varieties Oregon thornless  black satin and fantasia they all taste slightly different with in my opinion fantasia being the best

[Paulh]

There seem to be hundreds of "varieties" of blackberries / brambles which vary in fruit quality. Like Silverleaf I have some at the bottom of my allotment which I believe are or are descended from commercial varieties. Some have large, luscious fruits, others smaller and drier ones. They all cook well and taste great! If I had time, I'd grub out the less appealing ones and layer the "better" ones to replace them.

[Silverleaf]

I imagine all the ones in my garden are seeded by birds - I've never planted any. They all taste wonderful! Last year was very good for them as I'd neglected the garden for a few years before that, and I had lots of really big ones.

We've tidied up a bit now though, so there will be far less fruit this year. I'm never going to remove them completely though, I just love blackberries too much!

[johhnyco15]

indeed thats why ilove them so pies crumble jam or just as they are fantastic

[johhnyco15]

and some more

[Silverleaf]

Gosh, yours look so "tame" next to my wild rambling ones!

I had a look today and some of mine have big fat buds on them. I'm very pleased. :)

[johhnyco15]

Gosh, yours look so "tame" next to my wild rambling ones!

I had a look today and some of mine have big fat buds on them. I'm very pleased. :)

the plot there on is my fruit plot they have only been in one season they are quite easy to train im really pleased with the plot its coming along nicely and a lot less hard work than my veg plot next door

[laurieuk]

Not sure of the variety but these are some of the flowers on my blackberries at the moment. I planted them 3 years ago.