Stretch your blackberry season by planting varieties that ripen at different times. The charts below sort varieties by their main traits and by these ripening windows: Actual ripening dates depend on your latitude, microclimate, growing practices and the weather in a given year, among other things.
Chart: Blackberry Harvest Window
Cultivar
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
'Natchez'
'Ouachita'
'Ponca'
'Caddo'
'Triple Crown'
'Prime Ark Freedom®'
'Chester'
Blackberry Variety Comparison Chart
Cultivar*
Season
USDA zones
Fruiting habit
Thorns
Comments
'Natchez'
Early season
Zones 5–9
Floricane-fruiting
No thorns
Earliest-ripening thornless type.
'Ouachita'
Early season
Zones 6–9
Floricane-fruiting
No thorns
Good disease resistance.
'Ponca'
Early season
Zones 5–9
Floricane-fruiting
No thorns
Compact plants with good cold hardiness.
'Caddo'
Mid season
Zones 6–9
Floricane-fruiting
No thorns
Excellent for eating fresh.
'Triple Crown'
Mid season
Zones 6–9
Floricane-fruiting
No thorns
Excellent for processing.
'Prime Ark Freedom®'
Mid to late season
Can be grown in Zone 5 but does best in Zones 6–9.
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