Description
Ponca Blackberry Plant: Cultivate the Sweetest, Thornless Berries for Home & Market
Discover the Ponca Blackberry, a groundbreaking cultivar released in 2019 by the University of Arkansas. Renowned for its unparalleled sweetness, this high-yielding, thornless variety boasts erect canes and exceptional fruit quality, making it a gold standard for both discerning home gardeners and commercial growers alike. With its excellent post-harvest handling traits, the Ponca Blackberry is perfect for early-market shipping, local sales, and enjoying fresh from your garden.
Features
| Characteristic | Detail |
|---|---|
| Origin & Release | Released in 2019 by the University of Arkansas |
| Canes | High-yielding, thornless, erect growth habit for easy management |
| Fruit Quality | Medium-sized berries with enhanced sweetness, making it the sweetest cultivar released to date. Offers good post-harvest handling traits. |
| Versatility | Excellent potential as an early-market berry for shipping, local market production, and home garden use. |
| Hardiness Zone | Thrives in USDA Hardiness Zones 6-9 |
| Plant Form | Large 12 cm, 1.5-year-old tissue-cultured plant |
Benefits
| Benefit | How It Enhances Your Garden & Harvest |
|---|---|
| Unrivaled Sweetness | Experience the most delicious blackberries, perfect for fresh eating, baking, desserts, or preserves, satisfying your craving for superior flavor. |
| Effortless Harvesting | Thornless canes eliminate painful pricks, making picking a joy for gardeners of all ages and simplifying maintenance. |
| Abundant & Consistent Yields | High-yielding and erect canes ensure a bountiful, reliable harvest of uniform, quality berries year after year. |
| Commercial Viability | With good post-harvest handling and early-market timing, Ponca berries are ideal for selling at local markets or for shipping, offering excellent commercial potential. |
| Vigorous & Healthy Growth | As a 1.5-year-old tissue-cultured plant, you receive a robust, disease-free specimen ready for vigorous establishment and rapid growth, ensuring a successful start. |
| Reliable Performance | Bred by the University of Arkansas, this cultivar is a testament to horticultural excellence, offering dependable results for your efforts. |
Specifications
| Specification | Detail |
|---|---|
| Product Name | Ponca Blackberry Plant |
| SKU | 1353 |
| Release Year | 2019 |
| Plant Type | Tissue-cultured plant |
| Plant Age | 1.5 years old |
| Pot Size | 12 cm |
| Hardiness Zone | USDA Zones 6-9 |
Usage & Fit
- Planting: Ensure well-drained soil and full sun for optimal growth and fruit production.
- Growth Habit: The erect, thornless canes typically require minimal support, simplifying garden management and harvesting.
- Harvesting: Enjoy medium-sized berries with exceptional sweetness and good handling traits, perfect for fresh eating or processing.
- Climate Suitability: Best suited for climates within USDA Hardiness Zones 6-9.
Ideal For
- Home Gardeners: Desiring the absolute sweetest, thornless blackberries for fresh consumption and culinary uses, with easy maintenance.
- Small-Scale Commercial Berry Farmers: Seeking an early-market, high-yielding blackberry with excellent post-harvest characteristics for local sales or shipping.
- Berry Enthusiasts: Those who prioritize unparalleled sweetness and consistent berry quality from a reputable cultivar.
- Gardeners in USDA Zones 6-9: Looking for a reliable and productive blackberry variety perfectly adapted to their climate.
Policy & Support
| Category | Detail |
|---|---|
| Seller | Berries Unlimited |
| Location | 807 Cedar Lane Prairie Grove, AR 72753, United States of America |
| Customer Service Email | berriesunlimitedusa@gmail.com |
| Customer Service Phone | (479)846-6030 |
| Quality Assurance | Customers consistently praise Berries Unlimited for excellent packaging and high-quality, vigorous plants, ensuring your investment flourishes. |
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2 Reviews
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Ponca
Berry Update First berries from Ponca are delicious, just as advertised. Sweet and consistent, the bush is quite vigorous and produced a nice sized first year crop. I highly recommend it. Thank you!
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Ponca
I am always happy to review quality products, and Ponca fits that standard. I received it a week ago in a box fit for fine china, let alone live plants. Such good packing that the packing peanuts were clean, no spilled dirt! Ponca is healthy and growing in it's new home. I expect it to do as well as all the other plants I have received from Berries Unlimited over the past two years! My little homestead berry patch is looking good, with only one fatality in almost 100 plants. This fatality was most likely due to the site location I chose. I have purchased cheaper plants, and lived to regret it. You get what you pay for. These are good, quality plants and I highly recommend this company.
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