‘Sweetie Pie’ offers local fresh market growers, U-Pick farm operations, and homeowners a new cultivar adapted to the Gulf Coast region of the U.S. Important attributes of ‘Sweetie Pie’ include a mid to late-ripening season, resistance to rosette (double blossom) disease, and berries having good quality and excellent flavor. subgenus Rubus Watson) cultivar developed and released by the USDA-ARS Thad Cochran Southern Horticultural Laboratory (TCSHL). Technical Abstract: 'Sweetie Pie’ is a new thornless, erect, floricane-fruiting blackberry (Rubus L. 'Sweetie Pie' is recommended for use by local fresh market and U-pick farm operations as well as homeowners although berries may be too soft for use in commercial production. In replicated trials in south Mississippi over the last decade, 'Sweetie Pie' performed well having good growth and vigor, productivity, resistance to rosette disease, good fruit quality and excellent flavor, and a relatively late ripening season that will aid growers in filling the void between early and late season cultivars. When I first moved to the South in the late 1970s, we lived in a rural area of upstate South Carolina. (Photo by USDA-ARS/Steve Stringer) This week, I want to spend our time considering the last of the 2019 Mississippi Medallion selections, Sweetie Pie blackberry. This new cultivar was developed from crosses among heat tolerant and rosette disease reistant parents. The Sweetie Pie Blackberry produces massive quantities of large, very sweet fruit in late June. Creighton Gupton (USDA_ARS) and developed and released by Dr. Interpretive Summary: 'Sweetie Pie' is a thornless, erect blackberry originally selected by Dr. Submitted to: Journal of the American Pomological SocietyĬitation: Stringer, S.J., Smith, B.J., Sampson, B.J., Shaw, D.A., Adamczyk Jr, J.J.
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