Galaxy blackberry variety

Rating [ 5 ]

Prickles-free semi-erect high-quality cultivar with very nice attractive berries

Botanical designation

Rubus subgenus Rubus Watson 'Galaxy'

Originated from a cross of

Originated from a cross of Triple Crown x ORUS 1393-1

Variety denomination

Variety denomination - 'Galaxy'

Plants are

Plants are thornless

Bushes have

Bushes have semi-erect canes

Fruit weight is

Fruit weight is 8 g

Shape

Berries have a conical shape

Fruiting habit

Fruiting habit - floricane fruiting (summer-bearing)

Flowering on floricanes starts in the

Flowering on floricanes starts in the second week of June

Ripening date (regular) -

Ripening date (regular) - fourth week of July

Productivity is

Productivity is 7 kg per plant

Soluble solids

Soluble solids - 12.7%

Acidity

Acidity - 1.19%

Cold hardiness is

Cold hardiness is excellent

Heat tolerance is

Heat tolerance is moderate

Patent

Patent US PP30,062 P2 dated January 07, 2019

Current status

Current status - modern or widely used


Blackberry Galaxy is a newest thornless, semi-erect high-quality cultivar, that has firm, large, dark fruit suited for the fresh market and that ripen in the early season for this type of blackberry. Galaxy was released by the US Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service breeding program in Corvallis, Oregon, in cooperation with Oregon State University’s Agricultural Experiment Station.
Galaxy was introduced as a high-quality blackberry that has medium-large berries that ripen in the early, semi-erect blackberry season when it is firmer or earlier than current standards. Galaxy should be adapted to areas where other semi-erect blackberries can be grown successfully.
The pedigree of Galaxy is the same as Eclipse, but the cross was made 1 year earlier. Blackberry cultivar Galaxy and Eclipse have many characteristics in common, including high-quality fruit in the early semi-erect season and vigorous, productive plants.
Firm, medium-large fruit that have excellent fruit quality ripen early in the semi-erect blackberry season, and have excellent flavor that distinguishes Galaxy from most other semi-erect cultivars.
Galaxy has moderate yielding, with yields greater than those for Navaho. Galaxy fruit are more attractive and uniform than those of Navaho, Ouachita, and Triple Crown. The fruit skin toughness for the cultivars in the trial are similar except for Triple Crown, which had a very tender skin.
Galaxy begin ripening before Navaho and reaches its 50% harvest date more than a week ahead of Navaho. Harvest season starts at the end of July and continues for 4 weeks. Galaxy has fruiting laterals that are comparable in length and strength to those of Navaho, and shorter, stronger, and less droopy than those of Chester Thornless and Triple Crown.
Galaxy nuclear stock has tested negative for Arabis mosaic virus, Cherry leaf roll virus, Cherry rasp leaf virus, Prunus necrotic ringspot virus, Raspberry bushy dwarf virus, Raspberry ringspot virus, Strawberry necrotic shock virus, Tobacco ringspot virus, Tomato black ring virus and Xylella by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. It also tested negative for Apple mosaic virus, Blackberry chlorotic ringspot virus, Beet pseudo yellows virus, Blackberry virus Y, Blackberry yellow vein associated virus, Black raspberry necrosis virus, Raspberry latent virus, Raspberry leaf mottle virus, Rubus yellow net virus, Strawberry latent ringspot virus, and Tomato ringspot virus.
Table 1. Yield and average berry weight of Galaxy blackberry at Oregon State University’s North Willamette Research and Extension Center (planted in 2005)
Cultivar Berry weight, g Yield, kg/plant
2007 2008 2009
Galaxy 8.1 8.27 6.78 8.07
Navaho 5.7 9.54 4.37 5.30
Table 2. Subjectively evaluated fruit quality traits of Galaxy, Ouachita and Triple Crown blackberries (2012 - 2018 years, scale from 1 to 9, where 9 is the best)
Cultivar Galaxy Ouachita Triple Crown
Drupelet fertility 6.8 5.4 6.7
Firmness 7.6 7.8 6.1
Color 8.8 8.7 8.8
Shape 6.3 5.1 6.1
Texture 6.1 4.9 5.4
Flavor 6.8 5.6 7.2
Toughness 7.3 8.0 5.5
Glossiness 8.0 9.0 7.8
Table 3. Harvest season (avg. from 2007 - 2009, planted in 2005)
Cultivar Ripening
First (5%) Peak (50%) Last (95%)
Galaxy July 22 Aug. 5 Aug. 28
Čačanska bestrna Aug. 3 Aug. 19 Sept. 12
Black Diamond July 1 July 15 July 29
Navaho July 27 Aug. 14 Sept. 14
Marion July 3 July 13 July 24
Prime-Ark 45 (prim.) Sept. 13 Sept. 29 Oct. 13

Galaxy  sweet?

Is blackberry Galaxy sweet?

Galaxy blackberries mostly have a sweet flavor
How to cultivate blackberry

How to cultivate blackberry Galaxy?

A standard cultural practices for semierect Oregon blackberry production: 1. Annual pre- and post-emergent herbicide applications; 2. Spring nitrogen fertilization (78 kg N/ha); 3. Post-harvest removal of floricanes; 4. Training of primocanes to a two-wire trellis; 5. Weekly overhead application of 2.5 to 5.0 cm of irrigation during the growing season depending on rainfall; 6. Dormant applications of liquid lime sulfur and copper hydroxide were made to control leaf and cane spot, purple blotch, orange rust and anthracnose; 7. Timely applications of pesticides during the season; 8. One-time application of ferrous sulphate in late fall.
Diseases resistance

What diseases is blackberry Galaxy resistant to?

Galaxy is resistant to most fungal diseases
Diseases susceptibility

What diseases is blackberry variety Galaxy vulnerable to?

Galaxy is quite prone to diseases such as Cane Blight
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Reviews of the variety Galaxy

Review from [EKLAND MARKETING CO. - EMCO CAL]

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