USDA Blackberry 'Hall's Beauty'

Technology Description
‘Hall’s Beauty’, tested as ORUS 3453-2, was selected in Corvallis, Ore. in 2008 from a cross made in 2005 of NZ 9629R-1 (NZ 9336FI.0 x NZ 9256RHB.4) and ORUS 1939-2 (NW 8832-1 [NZ 8316I21 {‘Boysen’ x ‘Marion’} x ‘Waldo’] x ‘Siskiyou’). ‘Hall’s Beauty’ carries the ‘Lincoln Logan’ source of thornlessness. A U.S. Patent application has been filed.

Features & Benefits

• High quality and early ripening fruit with excellent flavor
• Very attractive, large, double-petaled flowers
• Machine harvestable for processing and firm enough for wholesale fresh fruit market

Applications

• Commercial fruit market for processing
• Commercial fruit market for fresh market or pick-your-own sales
• Ornamental/homeowner market for flower and fruit attractiveness

Background of Invention
‘Hall’s Beauty’ is a thornless, machine harvestable, high quality trailing blackberry that has extremely large, attractive and ornamental flowers with double petals, that produce large, well-formed berries for the fresh or the processed fruit market. ‘Hall’s Beauty’ is an outstanding ornamental thornless, trailing blackberry with excellent fruit quality, a particularly sweet flavor, and good yields. While it is desirable for the fresh market, it is also suited for the processed fruit market. The relatively early ripening characteristic is expected to reduce the exposure of developing fruit to spotted winged drosophila (Drosophila suzukii). ‘Hall’s Beauty’ should be adapted to areas where other trailing blackberries can be successfully grown.

Status
Plant Patent PP30,063 issued and available for non-exclusive licensing