PlantFiles: Thornless Blackberry
Rubus fruticosus 'Black Satin'

a bramble cultivar that has been hybridized between other raspberry's.

Thornless and got bigger leaves.

Can grow up to more then 12 meter in tropical or subtropical climates but wil grow 10 meters in temperate.

Wil bear alot of fruits and somehow the insects and birds leave it alone.

Needs full sun or partial sun for fruit production

Never cut down to ground level because new shoot with spines wil emerge.

If spines do emerge cut them down


Pros

Big, Bigger ! can reach up to 8 meters in one year !
No spines!
Big leaves - wow
Alot of medium to large sized fruits !
Nice fall color
Nice glossy fruit color.
Packing compact bunches of fruits , easy to harvest.
Alot of blooms and nice bloom color.
Not a Bird and snail magnet!

Cons

Suseptible to diseases
Lice magnet if grown in shade
Don't grow it to a high wall because you will reallly need a ladder to get al the fruits.
it wil develop a crawling habit if reached maximum height of the support or wall, use recommended commercial support techniques
requires alot of pruning - council the books about growing this plant for fruits

This upright-growing, vigorous plant produces good crops of dark juicy berries.