Balsors Hardy
Date: 2021-06-09, updated: 2022-01-20
Canadian blackberry cultivar with small fruit have extremely high cold hardiness
Plants are slightly thorny
Bushes have semi-erect canes
Fruit weight is 7 g
Berries have a rounded shape
Fruiting habit floricane fruiting (summer-bearing)
Flowering on floricanes starts in the third week of July
Ripening date (regular) - fourth week of August
Cold hardiness is extremely high
Country of origin Canada
Current status - obsolete or rarely used
Balsors Hardy is superb hardy variety of blackberry from Nova Scotia, Canada.
This is semi-erect, late-ripening, second year fruiting cultivar. Plants are not extensive but vigorous. Starts to bloom in the middle of July, harvest season continues from late August to the end of September. Balsors Hardy produces large (about 6 g), sweet and fragrant black glossy berries. Fruit's firmness is not good, transportability and storage potential are low. Winter hardiness is extremely high, up to minus 34 C.
This is semi-erect, late-ripening, second year fruiting cultivar. Plants are not extensive but vigorous. Starts to bloom in the middle of July, harvest season continues from late August to the end of September. Balsors Hardy produces large (about 6 g), sweet and fragrant black glossy berries. Fruit's firmness is not good, transportability and storage potential are low. Winter hardiness is extremely high, up to minus 34 C.