Chickasaw blackberry variety
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Large berries, high yields and excellent postharvest handling characteristics

Originated from a cross of Ark. 842 x Ark. 1246

Plants are thorny

Bushes have erect canes

Fruit weight is 10 g

Berries have a oblong shape

Fruiting habit - floricane fruiting (summer-bearing)

Flowering on floricanes starts in the fourth week of April

Harvesting begins in the second week of June

Productivity is 3 kg per plant

Soluble solids - 9.6%

Acidity - 1.41%

Cold hardiness is low

Country of origin - United States

Patent US PP11,861 P2 dated May 07, 2001

Current status - obsolete or rarely used
Chickasaw is the tenth release in a series of erect-growing, high-quality, productive blackberry cultivars developed by the University of Arkansas, United States.
Canes of Chickasaw are thorny and erect, but a thorns density is less than that of Kiowa. Chickasaw can be grown in a hedgerow without trellis support, with primocanes tipped at 1.1 m to control primocane length and encourage lateral branching. This is early-ripening variety. Blackberry Chickasaw starts bloom at the end of April. In south regions it can starts bloom earlier - at the middle of April. First berries ripen at the beginning of June, in south regions - at the end of May. Average length of fruiting period for Chickasaw is 40 days. Yield is high, about 12 t/ha.
Chickasaw maintained very good fruit weight over the harvest season, average berry weight is 10 g. Chickasaw blackberry has excellent flower and fruit fertility and full drupelet set. Berries of Chickasaw are long, cylindrical, and slightly flattened in shape and very attractive with a glossy, black finish. Primary fruit diameter is 2.5 cm and berry length averages 4 cm. Chickasaw is superior in storage.
Winter resistant is very good, up to minus 23 C.
Canes of Chickasaw are thorny and erect, but a thorns density is less than that of Kiowa. Chickasaw can be grown in a hedgerow without trellis support, with primocanes tipped at 1.1 m to control primocane length and encourage lateral branching. This is early-ripening variety. Blackberry Chickasaw starts bloom at the end of April. In south regions it can starts bloom earlier - at the middle of April. First berries ripen at the beginning of June, in south regions - at the end of May. Average length of fruiting period for Chickasaw is 40 days. Yield is high, about 12 t/ha.
Chickasaw maintained very good fruit weight over the harvest season, average berry weight is 10 g. Chickasaw blackberry has excellent flower and fruit fertility and full drupelet set. Berries of Chickasaw are long, cylindrical, and slightly flattened in shape and very attractive with a glossy, black finish. Primary fruit diameter is 2.5 cm and berry length averages 4 cm. Chickasaw is superior in storage.
Winter resistant is very good, up to minus 23 C.
Cultivar | Yield, kg/ha | Berry weight, g | ||
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1997 | 1998 | 1997 | 1998 | |
Clarksville | ||||
Chickasaw | 12321 | 11085 | 11.0 | 10.5 |
Choctaw | 7471 | 7972 | 6.1 | 5.4 |
Shawnee | 8912 | 8417 | 8.4 | 7.4 |
Hope | ||||
Chickasaw | 7869 | 17154 | 8.8 | 8.5 |
Choctaw | 4292 | 10150 | 5.3 | 4.3 |
Shawnee | 4223 | 17090 | 7.3 | 6.3 |
Kiowa | 992 | 11139 | 7.3 | 7.8 |
Fayetteville | ||||
Chickasaw | 11491 | 11239 | 10.2 | 8.3 |
Choctaw | 4010 | 6695 | 5.3 | 3.3 |
Shawnee | 81126 | 8839 | 7.9 | 5.4 |
Kiowa | 9832 | 10016 | 10.0 | 8.1 |
Main features | Variety | ||
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Chickasaw | Choctaw | Shawnee | |
Flowering date | |||
10% bloom | April 25 | April 23 | April 29 |
50% bloom | April 29 | April 30 | May 6 |
Harvest date | |||
First | June 10 | May 30 | June 7 |
Peak | June 21 | June 7 | June 20 |
Last | July 20 | July 1 | July 17 |
Fruit (rating scale of 1 to 10 where 10 is the best) | |||
Firmness | 7.9 | 7.1 | 7.1 |
Flavor | 8.1 | 8.6 | 7.4 |
Soluble solids, % | 9.6 | 8.7 | 9.3 |
Plant (rating scale of 1 to 10 where 10 is the best) | |||
Vigor | 8.9 | 8.0 | 9.0 |
Health | 8.7 | 8.1 | 8.4 |
Winter injury | 8.8 | 7.9 | 8.6 |
Download Chickasaw patent US00PP11861P2
