Osage blackberry variety
Erect-growing, high-quality, early-ripening productive floricane-fruiting blackberry cultivar with long fruiting period
Rubus subgenus Rubus Watson 'Osage'
Originated from a cross of A-1719T x A-2108T
Variety denomination - 'Osage', tested as A-2362
Plants are thornless
Bushes have erect canes
Fruit weight is 5 g
Berries have a rounded shape
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 3 kg per plant
Soluble solids - 10.3%
Acidity - 0.46%
Cold hardiness is moderate
Heat tolerance is moderate
Patent US PP26,120 P3 dated November 22, 2015
Current status - modern or widely used
Country of origin - United States
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Overall, Osage appears similar in hardiness to most of the other Arkansas developed cultivars such as Ouachita and Navaho (minus 13 C). Blackberry Osage is expected to perform well in areas where Apache, Arapaho, Ouachita, Natchez or Navaho is adapted.
Main features | Variety | |||
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Osage | Apache | Natchez | Ouachita | |
Flowering date | ||||
10% bloom | April 26 | May 3 | April 20 | April 30 |
50% bloom | May 2 | May 8 | April 29 | May 6 |
Harvest date | ||||
First | June 10 | June 18 | June 5 | June 13 |
Peak | June 26 | July 6 | June 17 | June 29 |
Last | July 24 | August 9 | July 15 | July 27 |
Berry weight, 1 pcs | ||||
First | 4.6 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 5.1 |
Peak | 5.6 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 5.8 |
Last | 4.0 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 4.0 |
Is blackberry Osage sweet?
How to cultivate blackberry Osage?
2. Include annual spring nitrogen 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;
7. A single application of liquid ferrous sulphate each fall after the plants have gone into chill;
8. Plant spacing at least 0.6 m.