Blackberry 'Chester' (Rubus fruticosus) Food Preservation Supplies Cones are dioecious and smell

Cones are dioecious and smell somewhat like oranges

They pollinate our flowers and vegetable crops

as large as 36" wide

forming dense thickets that slowly spread by rhizomes or rooting branch ends

and many plants would not exist without their fungal partners

Blackberry 'Chester' (Rubus fruticosus) Food Preservation Supplies Cones are dioecious and smellRubus fruticosus Semi erect, self fruiting, thornless caneberry with clusters of pale pink, rose like flowers, giving way to a heavy crop of very large, round, very sweet blackberries in mid to late summer. Firm berries excellent for fresh eating, preserves and pie. Grows 3 5' tall Full sun