Item Number: FV303
Potted Blackberry - Thornless Chester
Abundant berries, thornless canes.
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Chester is a thornless, semi-erect blackberry with firm dark fruit that ripens late in the blackberry season. Its fruit can be used fresh when fully ripe or for freezing, baking, jams, sauces, and preserves.
- Plant form: One potted Chester blackberry plant
- Growth habit: Thornless, vigorous, semi-erect floricane type
- USDA zones: 5–9
- Chill requirement: Approximately 300–500 hours
- Pollination: Self-fruitful; flowers still depend on pollinator activity for good fruit development
- Sun: Full sun
- Spacing: About 5 feet between plants
- Harvest: Typically late summer; an early frost may shorten harvest in cold regions
Training and care
Plant in fertile, well-drained soil and keep the root zone evenly moist. Support the long, arching canes on a sturdy trellis. Tip primocanes in summer to encourage branching, shorten laterals during dormant pruning, and remove spent floricanes after harvest.
This item ships in a nursery pot. Semi-erect Chester is vigorous at maturity and is better suited to an in-ground bed or roomy raised bed than a small permanent container.
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Shipping Information
Shipping Information
Cannot ship to the following states: HI, AK, PR, GU, VI
Cannot ship via USPS.
Cannot ship via SmartPost.
Shipping Weight: 2.0 lb
Dimensions: 35.9"L x 3.9"W x 3.9"H
Features
Features
- Bears on Floricanes
- Grow on a Trellis
- Plant Spreads
- Potted
- Self-fruitful
- Thornless
Characteristics
Characteristics
Planting & Care
Planting & Care
Useful Information
Useful Information
Guarantee
Guarantee
We guarantee the perishable items we sell to be in good, viable condition when we sell them. Perishable items include, but are not limited to, garlic bulbs, flower bulbs, seed potatoes, onion sets & transplants, potted or bare root trees, vegetable crowns, etc. If your perishable item arrives in substandard condition, take photographs and please contact us within 3 days of the purchase date (or delivery date) and we will provide you with a refund of the purchase price (excluding shipping costs), or a replacement. Accordingly, we urge you to open any boxes marked as ""Perishable"" immediately upon receiving them and inspect the shipment thoroughly (do not crack open heads of garlic, we do not accept claims on cracked garlic). Because some perishable items can deteriorate very quickly, we cannot accept any claims beyond the 3-day time frame as it becomes too difficult to determine if these items were delivered in substandard condition, or if they turned into such substandard condition because of having been improperly cared for or stored once delivered.
