Junior's Amazing Doyle Blackberries

When I heard about the Doyle Blackberries that my brother Junior has growing in his garden, I knew they would be something special because everything he has growing is his garden is always the biggest and tastiest around. But what I found when I went to take a look beat anything I had ever seen. Standing before me was a row of blackberry vines about a hundred feet long, and large, plump berries were hanging from each and every vine in gobs!

With most blackberry vines, it's hard to see the berries for the leaves, but on Junior's Doyles it's hard to see the leaves for the berries! They were hanging in wads virtually everywhere I looked. My brother Jimmy was with me, and when he saw the look of awe on my face he told me the berries had already been picked over at least twice!

I took several pictures, then returned home to do a little research on those unbelievable plants. In 1970, a gentleman by the name of Tom Doyle found a strange thornless blackberry vine growing in his garden, and the amount of berries hanging on it was simply astounding. But the best part of all is how easily it reproduces - whenever one of the vines touches the ground, it takes root and produces a brand new plant. (In fact, Junior's long row of Doyle Blackberries all came from an initial start of a single vine.) Doyle put his serendipitous discovery on the market, and the rest is history.

When compared to other varieties, Doyle Blackberry vines produce a yield that's in a class of their own. The average yield of most blackberry vines is between 1 and 2 quarts per plant, but the Doyle yields 10 to 20 gallons per plant! That's right, instead of a couple of quarts of berries as is the norm, the amazing Doyle Blackberry plants produce up to 20 gallons each!

If you love growing your own food - or simply want an interesting conversation piece growing in your garden - you need to get your hands on a Doyle Blackberry vine or two. You won't need many to start off with because they reproduce like wildfire. Before long you'll be picking blackberries by the gallons!

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