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Picture of the day -
August 15, 2006
Junior's Amazing Doyle Blackberries
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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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