Xingu
Date: 2021-05-20, updated: 2024-03-20
Brazilian blackberry variety for warm South regions
Rubus subgenus Rubus Watson 'Xingu'
Originated from a cross of Tupi x Arapaho
Variety denomination 'Xingu', tested as Black 164
Plants are thorny
Bushes have semi-erect canes
Fruit weight is 7 g
Berries have a rounded shape
Soluble solids - 8.9%
Acidity - 0.83%
Fruiting habit floricane fruiting (summer-bearing)
Productivity is 2.5 kg per plant
Cold hardiness is low
Country of origin Brazil
Current status - modern or widely used
Blackberry Xingu is Brasilian cultivar, selected from blackberries Tupy and US Arapaho. This variety is semi-erect, thorny, floricane-fruiting plant, very similar to parent Tupy (but more productive and has a longer harvest season).
In Brazil area Xingu starts to bloom on the last week of November, first berries ripen on the third week of January.
Fruits are reddish-black, tending to oblong in shape, from medium to large size (weight about 7-8 g, length is about 27 mm, diameter is about 22 mm) and good firmness. The taste is sweet-acid, predominating acidity. Yield is moderate, up to 3 kg per plant. Postharvest characteristics are well, transportability is high.
Xingu needs from 200 to 300 hours of hibernal time with air temperatures below 7 C, but this plant is primarily intended for warm South areas like Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru and others.
In Brazil area Xingu starts to bloom on the last week of November, first berries ripen on the third week of January.
Fruits are reddish-black, tending to oblong in shape, from medium to large size (weight about 7-8 g, length is about 27 mm, diameter is about 22 mm) and good firmness. The taste is sweet-acid, predominating acidity. Yield is moderate, up to 3 kg per plant. Postharvest characteristics are well, transportability is high.
Xingu needs from 200 to 300 hours of hibernal time with air temperatures below 7 C, but this plant is primarily intended for warm South areas like Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru and others.
Relevant documents
Useful Growing Guides:
Reviews of the variety Xingu
Review from [PLANTANDO TUDO]
Muda de amora Xingu crescendo em vaso
Review from [TERRA SUL]
A Embrapa Clima Temperado apresentou recentemente sua 7ª cultivar de amora-preta, a BRS Xingu. O período de colheita e o sabor são as principais características que diferem de outras, como a tradicional BRS Tupy.
Review from [FRUTICULTURA SC]
BRS Xingu é originária de cruzamento realizado em 2003 entre a cultivar Tupy e a cultivar americana ‘Arapaho', a cultivar BRS Xingu é semelhante ao seu parental materno, se distinguindo pela maturação um pouco mais tardia. Essa cultivar tem a mesma faixa de adaptação da cultivar Tupy, ou seja, áreas com 200 a 300 horas de acúmulo de temperatura hibernal abaixo de 7,2 ºC. As frutas são preto-avermelhadas, de tamanho médio a grande e boa firmeza. O sabor é doce-ácido. As frutas da BRS Xingu apresentam muito boa conservação pós-colheita e são consideradas boa opção para o consumo in natura