Kotata
Date: 2020-04-25, updated: 2023-03-29
Very vigorous and very thorny old commercial blackberry cultivar from Oregon
Rubus subgenus Rubus Watson 'Kotata'
Variety denomination 'Kotata'
Plants are thorny
Bushes have trailing canes
Fruit weight is 6 g
Berries have a oblong shape
Soluble solids - 10.3%
Acidity - 1.8%
Fruiting habit floricane fruiting (summer-bearing)
Flowering on floricanes starts in the second week of June
Ripening date (regular) - first week of July
Productivity is 10000 kg from ha
Cold hardiness is good
Country of origin United States
Current status - obsolete or rarely used
Kotata blackberry cultivar was bred in Oregon, United States. Kotata blackberries were first selected in the 50’s years of XX century, but only released in 1984 after decades of testing with various growers. It’s genealogy has Boysenberry, wild Pacific Northwest Blackberry, Eastern US Blackberry, and Loganberry in it’s lineage. Plant is very vigorous and very thorny. Fruits are small to medium sized, firm, with glossy deep purple to black in color, conical in shape and uniform during all harvest season. Berries have excellent sweet taste and good flavor. Yield is medium, similar to Marion variety. Kotata blackberry cultivar was intend to fresh market or processing using machine harvesting. Kotata has good resistant to different diseases.