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Chester Thornless Blackberry vs Anne Raspberry

Rubus fruticosa Chester (Thornless)

Rubus sp. Anne

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Chester Thornless Blackberry
Anne Raspberry

Chester Thornless Blackberry is a self-pollinating fruit-bearing shrub. In mid-summer, the Chester Thornless Blackberry produces large, sweet-tasting, heart-shaped blackberries that are perfect for fresh eating. It is a semi-erect blackberry plant that requires little support from a trellis to keep its fruit off the ground. Don't forget to protect your berries. The birds love this shrub almost as much as you will.

Chester Thornless Blackberries are floricanes, primarily fruiting on second year canes. Each spring cut back all two-year old canes, leaving only the last year’s growth.

The Anne Raspberry is largely regarded as one of the best-tasting yellow raspberries. It is an everbearing variety that provides a mid-sized yield in early summer, with a more heavy crop later in the summer and into the fall. It blooms with white, rose-like flowers that give way to large, sweet, yellow berries that are quite firm.They are great for fresh-eating, or in preserves.

The Anne Raspberry is a primocane-fruiting variety, meaning that it produces fruit on first years' growth. Prune stalks down each winter or early spring to get higher fruit yields and easier harvesting.

Chester Thornless Blackberry Quick Facts

Anne Raspberry Quick Facts

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Zone: 3b
Zone: 4a
Height: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Height: 1.2 m (4 ft)
Spread: 3 m (10 ft)
Spread: 1.2 m (4 ft)
Moisture: normal, wet
Moisture: normal
Light: full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Berries: heart shaped black
Berries: yellow, sweet
Firmness: firm
Firmness: firm
Harvest: July
Harvest: July-August
Flowers: pink
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: fast
Life span: short
Life span: short
Maintenance: high
Maintenance: medium
Suckering: high
Suckering: high




Other Names: chester blackberry, hardy blackberry