![]() This makes it necessary to prune or remove the canes which have produced fruit. ![]() Their biennial part is in the new growth (primocanes) which can over winter, flower (floricanes), and bare fruit the following season and die after fruiting. The perennial part is in a storage root, which has enough cold hardiness to continue above ground growth from year to year. ![]() This information is accurate to the best of our knowledge, comments/opinions are always welcomeīlackberries are perennial plants with a biennial growth and fruiting habit. Sweetie Pie grows well in raised beds having a pH of 6 to 7, that are amended with organic matter. Sweetie Pie ripens mid-late season (mid June to late July in South MS) and is an excellent choice for a southern variety. Sweetie Pie lacks sufficient firmness for use as commercial cultivar, but its outstanding flavor and high sugar content make it a desirable cultivar for homeowners and U-Pick operations. It's berries are medium size, glossy, black, and with have excellent flavor due to high soluble solids content. Sweetie Pie is resistant to Rosette disease (double blossom), one of the most limiting factors in growing blackberries in the southern United States. Sweetie Pie grows vigorously and produces numerous floricanes, which are thornless and have a trailing growth habit. It was subsequently propagated and tested at McNeill, Mississippi, as well as in trial plantings in Louisiana and Arkansas. Sweetie Pie was selected at Poplarville, Mississippi in 1996. MSUS29 is a seedling from a cross of x Navaho. This cultivar, tested as MSUS119, came from a cross between Navaho and MSUS29. A new thornless blackberry cultivar called Sweetie Pie was released that is resistant to disease and tastes delicious. ![]()
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