Navaho blackberry variety
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First worldwide-known erect, self-fruitful, completely thornless blackberry cultivar
Rubus subgenus Rubus Watson 'Navaho'
Originated from a cross of A-583 x A-631
Variety denomination - 'Navaho', tested as A-1172
Plants are thornless
Bushes have erect canes
Fruit weight is 6 g
Berries have a conical shape
Fruiting habit - floricane fruiting (summer-bearing)
Flowering on floricanes starts in the second week of May
Ripening date (regular) - second week of July
Productivity is 12 kg per plant
Soluble solids - 11.2%
Acidity - 1.14%
Cold hardiness is moderate
Heat tolerance is moderate
Country of origin - United States
Patent Plant 6,679 dated March 19, 1989
Current status - obsolete or rarely used
Recommended replacement - Ouachita
Navaho was the first worldwide-known erect, self-fruitful, completely thornless blackberry cultivar. Bushes are very vigorous and erect, does not require support. Canes height is up to 2 m. Fruit is produced on two-year-old canes (previous season's growth).
Bushes have clusters of pinkish-white, rose-like flowers, which give way to a heavy crop of large, blue-black, juicy-sweet blackberries over a harvest season from July to October.
Berries are medium-sized, very solid and very aromatic. Average fruit's weight is about 5-7 g. Fruit's number is very large. Color is deep black. Berries are firm and excellent for fresh market.
Navaho is extremely robust cultivar - good winter-hardy up to minus 26 C, easy tolerates drought, winter wind and frost. Navaho cultivar is very resistant to diseases and trouble free. Navaho doesn't require shelter for winter, exclude cold northern regions. Today Navaho is a family of varieties - Navaho Original, Navaho Big and Easy, Navaho Big and Early, Navaho Summerlong.
Bushes have clusters of pinkish-white, rose-like flowers, which give way to a heavy crop of large, blue-black, juicy-sweet blackberries over a harvest season from July to October.
Berries are medium-sized, very solid and very aromatic. Average fruit's weight is about 5-7 g. Fruit's number is very large. Color is deep black. Berries are firm and excellent for fresh market.
Navaho is extremely robust cultivar - good winter-hardy up to minus 26 C, easy tolerates drought, winter wind and frost. Navaho cultivar is very resistant to diseases and trouble free. Navaho doesn't require shelter for winter, exclude cold northern regions. Today Navaho is a family of varieties - Navaho Original, Navaho Big and Easy, Navaho Big and Early, Navaho Summerlong.
Is blackberry Navaho sweet?
Navaho blackberries mostly have a sweet flavor
How to cultivate blackberry Navaho?
Growing recommendations are typical of other Arkansas upright floricane-fruiting cultivars:
1. Include annual preemergence and postemergence herbicide applications;
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 period;
8. Plant spacing at least 0.6 m.
1. Include annual preemergence and postemergence herbicide applications;
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 period;
8. Plant spacing at least 0.6 m.
What diseases is blackberry Navaho resistant to?
Navaho has very good resistance to diseases such as Anthracnose, Septoria Leaf and Cane Spot, Orange Rust, Phytophthora Root Rot, Rosette or Double-Blossom, Spur Blight or Purple Blotch (Didymella Applanata), Verticillium Wilt
What diseases is blackberry variety Navaho vulnerable to?
Navaho is quite prone to diseases such as Grey Mold, Fire blight
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