Prime Ark Traveler Thornless Blackberry

Rubus sp. 'APF-190T'

Now grow thornless blackberries like you do primocane raspberries! Prime Ark Traveler produces prolific delicious harvests of firm and sweet blackberries on erect, first year canes that don't necessarily require a trellis. It is new from the U. of Arkansas. Produces loads of delicious medium-to-large firm, sweet berries. Tends to do better in cooler summer areas.

Here's how you do it: plant the thornless cane and let it establish for a year. It will grow to six feet tall or more and produce a crop in August. Cut it to the ground each late fall. In late spring when it reaches 3 to 4 feet in height, cut 6 inches off the tip of each cane. The cane will produce branches and then flowers which in August and September in the Northwest will produce fruit. After the side branches reach about 15 inches you can pinch them back for even more production! Requires only 300 chilling hours. 

Cold Hardy to USDA Zone: 6

Mature Size: To 8'; prune as directed to 3'-4' for primocane fruiting

Sun: Full Sun

Ripening Time: Late

Pollination: Self Fertile

Read our Blackberry Growing Guide