Blackberry plant named ‘Amara’

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Blackberry plant named ‘Amara’ as described and shown herein. ‘Amara’ has a primocane fruiting habit on a thornless plant, coupled with high fruit quality (visually attractive with excellent flavor, firmness, and low regression to red drupelets in post harvest).

Description

BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY[0001]Blackberries are a well-known, aggregate fruit enjoyed by many throughout the world. One example of an existing, patented blackberry variety is APF-8 (marketed as Prime Jan® blackberry), U.S. Plant Pat. No. 15,788. Another example of an existing blackberry variety is ‘Camila’, U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 13 / 694,787 filed 4 Jan. 2013. Such varieties both provide fruit on primocanes, but are thorny. Thus, there is a need for a blackberry variety that is thornless yet provides desirable fruit on primocanes.[0002]The present cultivar, ‘Amara’, provides one or more of these or other characteristics. For example, the present cultivar, ‘Amara’, is thornless while also providing desirable fruit on primocanes.[0003]Compared to APF-8 based on some typical results, the present cultivar, Amara (also known as “HFM-2”), and APF-8 are both primocane-fruiting blackberries, but Amara is thornless. In addition, the fruits of Amara are considerably firmer and sma...

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Benefits of technology

The patent describes a new blackberry variety called Parks’ Amara, which is thornless but still produces desirable fruits on primocanes (the first bunch of shoots). Compared to other blackberries, Amara fruits are firmer, smaller, and sweeter, with higher levels of firmness and lower levels of regression during storage. The ripening dates of Amara and another variety called Camila are similar, and while Amara begins flowering sooner, it takes longer for its fruits to actual ripen.

Problems solved by technology

Such varieties both provide fruit on primocanes, but are thorny.

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