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Extremely rare White Blackerry seed
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While foraging this past year my friend and I came upon a small area of white blackberries. We had never seen anything like them before and were amazed to find these vines in our picking territory. After some research, we discovered they are in fact white blackberries and very rare. The seed I am auctioning came from the few berries we gleamed that day and our supply is very limited. We ate half our findings that day, amazed that they were indeed blackberries, and the taste was delightful. We have identified several vines of these and plan to try to transplant one or two next year but we are not gardeners, just harvesters, so not sure how our luck would run with seed. I did meet an oldtimer who told me of a couple vines he had as a child and that his mother made jelly with them, and it was a clear jelly yet tasted like rich blackberry. We didn't pick all the berries this year, hoping to save enough to make a batch of jelly, but it was a long hike, we are getting old and didn't manage to get back in time before the critters found them.
This auction is for ten of these seed. I will not be listing many, but maybe next year I hope to have more if I'm still able to hiike.

Google white blackberry and you can read about the man who started these berries in the early 1900's. There are no seed anywhere that we can find for sale, and the only place to buy a vine is at a botanical garden in california, cost of vine is high and cost for transport and inspection is high. We feel soooo lucky to have found these berries. The man at the University of Tennessee told us he had heard of these berries, but never seen any, and that they would be true to seed.
Questions & Comments
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Great auction! Delightful find!
Jan 19th, 2013 at 4:40:48 AM PST by
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It was an exciting find. We could've made headlines in this hick town with our discovery, however, we refuse to share the location of our find. Too many people just dig anything and everything up. We are very careful to leave the majority and only take a little. The bears now don't care to give us a hard time, lol. Them buggers are constantly raiding our patches.....
Jan 19th, 2013 at 2:37:21 PM PST by
Original
Awesome!!!
Jan 19th, 2013 at 8:05:56 AM PST by
Original
hmmm, glad to know you like them. these were the highlight of mine and maries hiking expeditions through all the years we've picked. Neither of us really grow a garden, well, marie does a little, but I can't grow anything. I am however going up there this spring if we can beat the bears to the patch and try for enough berries to make a batch of jelly, and I will probebly dig one vine up to try to transplant it.
Jan 19th, 2013 at 2:32:29 PM PST by
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How many seeds is this auction for???
Jan 20th, 2013 at 7:18:36 PM PST by
Original
ooops, did i forget that? at least ten.....
Jan 20th, 2013 at 7:55:02 PM PST by
Original
stalking---stalking----stalking----just when you thought i wouldnt show up!!!!!! your favorite stalker here--just a stalking your auctions--RIFLMBO
Jan 21st, 2013 at 9:53:47 AM PST by
Original
dang it, you've been hiding in the bush stalkin me aint ya????? hahaha, still havent made any jelly but I think about it every time I see you sneakin around.
Jan 21st, 2013 at 11:58:01 AM PST by

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