Von Blackberry Plant | Thornless Variety

You will receive a healthy Von Thornless Blackberry starter.

Most images depict mature plant.

You may have a look at the other blackberry varieties that we have:
Natchez
Prime Ark
Navaho
Boysenberry
Triple Crown Thronless

We are excited to introduce a new variety called “Von”. Von is the first thornless blackberry released from North Carolina State University. Von has exceptional qualities such as very high yields of fruit. The fruiting season is mid to late season. Von has large uniform fruit and great sweet fruit quality that is sweet and a favorite to many. One of the favorite qualities of Von is its small seed size.

Von produces high yields of berries for a duration of six weeks. The fruit is consistent from year to year. The average fruit yields per plant were around 26 pounds once the vine reached full maturity. Von is cold hardy down to -12 degrees. Zones: 5-10

‘Von’ is named in honor of Mr. Von Harvey Underwood, who worked in the fruit breeding programs at North Carolina State University for over 44 years.

‘Von’ is medium size (6.6 g) has smaller drupelet and seed size compared to other cultivars.
‘Von’ produces fruit in the late season, with average date of harvest commencing in the third week of June, peaking in the second week of July and ending the first week of August.
‘Von’ has a marketable post harvest score of 90.6, which is as good or better than the leading commercial cultivars.Soluble sugars content of ‘Von’ was 9.4% and pH was 3.57, traits that characterize ‘Von’ as sweet with low acid.