Blackberryvariety
Columbia Star
A sweet, aromatic, firm blackberry crossed in 2005, selected in 2008 and introduced in 2013.
Released 2013
Taste & texture
- Sweetness
- sweet
- Scent
- aromatic
- Firmness
- firm
How to spot it
- Weight
- Fruit weight7.0 g
Register-described fruit or cluster measurements in the source trial context; treatment-specific observations are not species-wide constants.
journals.ashs.org ↗Context & source
- /details/observations/2/value/fruit mass g/scope
- Register-described fruit or cluster measurements in the source trial context; treatment-specific observations are not species-wide constants.
- /details/observations/2/value/fruit mass g/observations/0/qualifier
- as_reported
Harvest & storage
- Harvest
- machine harvests easily, ripens in similar season to Marion with a more compact season
Origin & family
Where Columbia Star began
- Crossed
- 2005
- Selected
- 2008
- Released
- 2013
Field notes
- Soluble solids (°Brix)
- 12.4 °Brix
Register-described fruit or cluster measurements in the source trial context; treatment-specific observations are not species-wide constants.
journals.ashs.org ↗Context & source
- /details/observations/2/value/soluble solids brix/scope
- Register-described fruit or cluster measurements in the source trial context; treatment-specific observations are not species-wide constants.
- /details/observations/2/value/soluble solids brix/observations/0/qualifier
- as_reported
Original source notes
Harvest
machine harvests easily, ripens in similar season to Marion with a more compact seasonqualified trait observations
- trait
- crunchy
- comparison
- less than
- source url
- journals.ashs.org ↗
- reference
- Chester Thornless
Measurements
- Fruit weight (g)
- 7.0
- Soluble solids (°Brix)
- 12.4
Register-described fruit or cluster measurements in the source trial context; treatment-specific observations are not species-wide constants.
Photos
Chad Finn, USDA Agricultural Research ServicePublic Domain Mark 1.0 A new blackberry, Columbia Star, with firm, sweet fruit.