Fantasia
Date: 2021-06-24, updated: 2022-03-22
Superb vigor of plants, very long stems and incredible yield on your hedgerow
Rubus subgenus Rubus fruticosus 'Fantasia'
Originated from a cross of Merton Thornless x Himalayan
Variety denomination 'Fantasia'
Plants are thorny
Bushes have trailing canes
Fruit weight is 7 g
Berries have a rounded shape
Fruiting habit floricane fruiting (summer-bearing)
Flowering on floricanes starts in the second week of July
Ripening date (regular) - third week of August
Productivity is 15 kg per plant
Cold hardiness is excellent
Country of origin United Kingdom
Current status - obsolete or rarely used
Fantasia blackberry variety was discovered growing on an allotment in Surrey (South England), and thought to be a cross between Merton Thornless and Himalayan Giant. The canes of Fantasia have superb vigor, they are thick, very thorny, trailing, dramatically long (up to 10 m) and bear outstanding yield of large fruit (6-8 g each, up to 25 kg per plant). Canes have the fantastical ability to cling on the vertical walls, fencings and trellis, even try to take root. The cropping season begins at the end of August, finishes at the end of September. Fruit have excellent flavor of wild blackberry. Can be used as safeguard hedgerow, but it requires constant pruning and forming. Winter resistance is about minus 23 C.