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Berries

Compare crops in this group using your USDA-zone suitability, planting windows, growing method, sun needs, and expected harvest timing.

Crops in Berries

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Blackberry

Rubus subgenus Rubus hybrids

Brambles grown in thorny or thornless erect, semi-erect, and trailing classes.

Method
Either
Sun
Full Sun Is The Baseline For Fruit Production; Confirm Species-specific Shade And Heat Tolerance In The Crop References.

Blueberry

Vaccinium corymbosum, V. angustifolium, and hybrids

Acid-loving berry shrub in half-high, northern highbush, southern highbush, rabbiteye, and lowbush classes.

Method
Either
Sun
Full Sun Is The Baseline For Fruit Production; Confirm Species-specific Shade And Heat Tolerance In The Crop References.

Currant

Ribes rubrum, R. nigrum, R. aureum, and hybrids

Ribes shrubs producing clusters of red, white, pink, black, or golden berries.

Method
Either
Sun
Full Sun Is The Baseline For Fruit Production; Confirm Species-specific Shade And Heat Tolerance In The Crop References.

Elderberry

Sambucus canadensis and S. nigra cultivated forms

Flowering shrub grown for umbels of flowers and dark berries used after proper preparation.

Method
Either
Sun
Full Sun Is The Baseline For Fruit Production; Confirm Species-specific Shade And Heat Tolerance In The Crop References.

Gooseberry

Ribes uva-crispa, R. hirtellum, and hybrids

Ribes shrub producing grape-sized berries singly or in small clusters on generally spiny canes.

Method
Either
Sun
Full Sun Is The Baseline For Fruit Production; Confirm Species-specific Shade And Heat Tolerance In The Crop References.

Honeyberry

Lonicera caerulea

Also called haskap; an early-ripening blue honeysuckle fruit requiring compatible cross-pollination.

Method
Either
Sun
Full Sun Is The Baseline For Fruit Production; Confirm Species-specific Shade And Heat Tolerance In The Crop References.

Raspberry

Rubus idaeus, R. occidentalis, and hybrids

Brambles grown in primocane-fruiting and floricane-fruiting red, yellow, black, and purple classes.

Method
Either
Sun
Full Sun Is The Baseline For Fruit Production; Confirm Species-specific Shade And Heat Tolerance In The Crop References.

Strawberry

Fragaria × ananassa and Fragaria vesca types

Perennial crown crop grown in June-bearing, everbearing, day-neutral, and woodland/alpine systems.

Method
Either
Sun
Full Sun Is The Baseline For Fruit Production; Confirm Species-specific Shade And Heat Tolerance In The Crop References.

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