Technology Description ‘Columbia Sunrise’ is the earliest ripening thornless blackberry currently on the market. It has very good yields of medium sized well-formed fruit that taste good. ‘Columbia Sunrise’ can be machine harvested for the processed market. The early ripening characteristic gives fresh market growers an extended season and processed growers a cultivar option that, due to its early ripening, will need fewer insecticide applications for spotted winged drosophila.
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Background of Invention Oregon State University is seeking to commercialize ‘Columbia Sunrise’ thornless trailing blackberry. The USDA-Agricultural Research Service in collaboration with the Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station Centers developed ‘Columbia Sunrise’ blackberry that in addition to being thornless has extremely early ripening fruit that are machine harvestable with outstanding fruit quality that is expected to be useful for fresh and processing markets.
Status Plant Patent PP29,367 issued and available for non-exclusive licensing