Ouachita

This thornless blackberry variety has excellent quality fruit, with firm, sweet, attractive berries. Fruit ripens before Navaho. Plant has very erect canes, and intermediate vigor. Winter Hardiness appears to be less than Navaho, similar to Apache. Plants appear resistant to anthracnose, and double blossom/rosette.  Orange rust has not been reported on any plants. We highly recommend it for the Mid-Atlantic, West Coast and Southern states based on excellent grower results.

U.S. Plant Patent #17,162