Caddo
Date: 2020-08-27, updated: 2023-04-14
Wonderful thornless blackberry variety with Prime-Ark 45 as one of the parent
Rubus subgenus Rubus Watson 'Caddo'
Originated from a cross of APF-45 x A-2108T
Variety denomination 'Caddo', tested as A-2428T
Plants are thornless
Bushes have erect canes
Fruit weight is 8 g
Berries have a rounded shape
Soluble solids - 10.2%
Acidity - 1.01%
Fruiting habit floricane fruiting (summer-bearing)
Flowering on floricanes starts in the first week of May
Ripening date (regular) - third week of June
Productivity is 5 kg per plant
Cold hardiness is good
Country of origin United States
Patent US PP33,115 P2 dated May 30, 2021
Current status - modern or widely used
Main features | Variety | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Caddo | Osage | Ouachita | Natchez | |
Flowering date | ||||
10% bloom | April 28 | April 24 | April 26 | April 20 |
50% bloom | May 3 | April 30 | May 2 | April 25 |
Harvest date | ||||
First | June 10 | June 13 | June 15 | June 8 |
Peak | June 23 | June 22 | July 3 | June 18 |
Last | July 14 | July 20 | July 20 | July 7 |
Fruit weight, g/berry | ||||
First | 8.4 | 5.9 | 7.1 | 10.0 |
Peak | 7.9 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 11.5 |
Last | 7.6 | 5.9 | 6.7 | 8.9 |
How to cultivate blackberry Caddo?
2. Include annual spring nitrogen (N) fertilization (about 56 kg/ha) using ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3);
3. Summer tipping of primocanes at 1.1 m;
4. Sprinkler irrigation apply as needed;
5. Use dormant pruning;
6. A single application of liquid lime sulfur (94 L/ha) each spring at budbreak for control of anthracnose.
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Reviews of the variety Caddo
Extremely proud of this year’s blackberry harvest. Variety pictured is ‘Caddo’. Flavor/texture are (of course) lightyears away from store-bought. First full season (planted fall 2020 along with ‘Columbia Giant’ that is still getting established but gave some good smaller fruit).
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Caddo combines a number of really great traits, including large fruit size, really great flavor with nice aromatics, a reduced acidity, high soluble solids, a combination of traits that really make the flavor nice. Caddo is one that we feel like will provide high yields for fresh market production for Arkansas growers, growers around the United States and around the world. It has erect thorn less plants, really easy to manage. Caddo is one that's very exciting, I want to tell you more about it.
One thing about Caddo I want to point out is the health of the plants. The floricane leaves remain green even after harvest of the crop. This is really positive because that helps contribute to the sweet berry flavor through the season, plus it helps restore the plant's vigor and carbohydrate storage for the primocanes which will bear next year's crop. Caddo stores really well. It does quite well in storage for 7 days, up to 14 days in dry conditions, and the flavor is maintained really well during storage also. This allows opportunities for shipping of berries, but also for the local sales where you might want to store fruit for a few days before selling.
Caddo ripens on average about June the 8th in West Central Arkansas, a couple of days after Natchez, very near Osage, and about five days before Ouachita. So it placed well in a good sequence of ripening among the Arkansas varieties. Caddo has large berry size, 8 to 10 grams on average, and the fruit size is maintained for the entire fruit season, something that's unusual for many blackberry varieties. The berries are elongated, shiny, and very attractive in the clamshell.
Caddo is an exciting new variety, and it expands options for Arkansas growers and for growers around the country and around the world for a thorn less, erect, full-flavor blackberry.