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   Bob F to songbird   
   Re: Blackberry prune questin   
   03 Jun 21 07:40:19   
   
   From: bobnospam@gmail.com   
      
   On 6/3/2021 4:10 AM, songbird wrote:   
   > T wrote:   
   > ...thimbleberries...   
   >> Big seeds like regular blackberries and raspberries   
   >> or little, unnoticeable seeds like Arapaho Blackberries?   
   >   
   >    seedy.   
   >   
   >   
   >> They grow in zone 3-7 so idea for me.  And since they   
   >> are wild, they will not have been hybridized for   
   >> unnatural levels of carbs.  Double idea.   
   >   
   >    you missed my comment about them being cloyingly sweet.   
   >   
   >    i doubt they will be happy in an arid environment.   
   > they're normally found in woodlands.  the can tolerate   
   > full sun, but i don't know that they'd tolerate full   
   > arid sun and high temperature days.   
      
   The ones I find (wild) seem to have a pretty short season as far as   
   harvesting of fruit. They almost always seem to be in small open areas   
   in the woods.   
      
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