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Neutral yardener
(21 reviews)		 On Dec 2, 2011, yardener Greenfield, OH (Zone 6a) wrote:

Posted on February 24, 2010, updated December 2, 2011
After one year I'm not really impressed, especially for the price per plant. I think for the money that you could get 5 to 6 regular thornless blackberries.

On December 2nd, 2011, yardener added the following:

Another year has gone by and still few blackberries. The cheap garden center plants, though smaller berries, are out producing the Doyles.
Neutral _ellen_
(1 review)		 On Aug 29, 2008, _ellen_ Norwich, CT wrote:

I bought two plants a few years ago from the folks in Texas. I was expecting a bare-root, good-sized plant, but got little, baby seedlings. Never mind, they grew just fine. Since then, a couple new plants have appeared, and a few seedlings, and a layering or two (I am not always diligent about tying the canes.)

My problems:
1. the seeds are HUGE! and make them inedible, for me, fresh. I turn them all into jam. What I was looking forward to was berries with milk and sugar in a bowl with a spoon. They make great jam, but I am glad I don't have to make 50 plants worth of it!
2. They turn really sweet about a second before they fall off the vine, so that all these nice, black-looking ones that don't really want to let go yet are rather tart.
3. I have some kind of a borer that kills about half the canes before the fruit ripen. I cut them off and send them to the incinerator, but this doesn't solve the problem.

So, I wouldn't plant them again. The best blackberries ever were the escaped ones growing in the empty lots in northern New Jersey, ca 1975. With vicious thorns.

On August 29th, 2008, _ellen_ added the following:

Forgot to say - the current Indiana company's website needs a new webmaster. It is short on details, information, clear pictures, everything. The navigation chart on the side is OK. But, overall, it was not helpful to me.
Neutral TuddyE
(51 reviews)		 On Apr 26, 2005, TuddyE Georgetown, KY (Zone 6a) wrote:

I RECENTLY ORDERED FROM DOYLES BECAUSE OF THE POSITIVE COMMENTS I READ ON THIS SITE. WELL, THE PRICES WERE GOOD, THE ORDER ARRIVED QUICKLY AND I WAS E-MAILED A RAPID RESPONSE. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE PLANTS STILL AREN'T LOOKING WELL, ABOUT AS BAD AS WHEN THEY ARRIVED, AND A PHONE CALL WAS LEFT UNRETURNED. I UNDERSTAND THEY ARE BUSY THIS TIME OF YEAR, BUT I WANTED TO KNOW THE BLOOM TIME AND OFFICIAL NAME, ECT OF "DOYLES" BLACKBERRYS--NONE OF WHICH WAS INDICATED WITH THE SMALL BUNDLE I GOT. INFO SHOULD BE PROVIDED WITH THE PACK BEYOND PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS. I AM NOT VERY HAPPY, AND I'M NOT SURE, BUT MAY GO BACK TO GETTING MY FUTURE ORDERS ELSEWHERE.