This primocane-fruiting blackberry cultivar was developed in 2004 by the University of Arkansas
System's Division of Agriculture. This plant appears to have improved disease resistance to rust and anthracnose. This plant is thornless and bears large thumb-size fruit. As an everbearing primocane, it delivers fruit all summer long. Fruit on the first-year canes starts ripening in mid-late summer and continues into fall. After the harvest is finished, select 3-4 hefty canes and prune them back to 2 feet. Cut all other fruit-bearing canes to the ground. In the spring, the second-year canes (floricanes) will send out side shoots with fruit that begins to ripen in late spring. Second-year canes should be cut to the ground as soon as that harvest is done to allow the plant's energy to go into fruit production on first-year canes. For a larger primocane harvest, do not allow a floricane harvest (i.e. cut all canes to the ground in the fall after harvest)

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