Are these blackberries?

[JBtheExplorer]

I know very little about berries of any kind. Actually, I know nothing about them. Zero experience.

These berries have been growing along side of my driveway for years. They grow nearly every year, although less than they used to. My mom told me the were raspberries, but I know they aren't. After that, I looked up blackberries and it looks like them, but I wont eat anything I'm not 100% sure of. I know you guys know what they are...so, are they blackberries?

 

[Chuck]

Yep, those are what we call dew berries here in Texas but they are wild blackberries. They don't get big like store bought but are excellent if you get to them before the birds, rats, field mice, possums and coons

 

[claudine]

Do they turn black when they're ripe? If yes, then I agree that they're blackberries In my country, you can often find them in forests. I remember eating them when I was a child. They're extremely sour. I must say it's not my favorite kind of berry.

 

[Chuck]

Do they turn black when they're ripe? If yes, then I agree that they're blackberries In my country, you can often find them in forests. I remember eating them when I was a child. They're extremely sour. I must say it's not my favorite kind of berry.

The ones here are sour when they are red but when they turn black they are beyond delicious. When I was a kid every spring a bunch of us went berry picking and we would pick gallons and gallons of them. We froze them, we made jam and jelly, cobblers, pies, even ice cream and ate so many we almost got sick.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Yes they turn black. Ironically I saw hundreds of these plants today along a woodland trail. Tried a black one but did not care for it.

 

[zigs]

There's lots of subspecies of Blackberries, the taste varies a lot, worth trying a few different bushes.

 

[claudine]

The ones here are sour when they are red but when they turn black they are beyond delicious. When I was a kid every spring a bunch of us went berry picking and we would pick gallons and gallons of them. We froze them, we made jam and jelly, cobblers, pies, even ice cream and ate so many we almost got sick.

To be honest, even when they turn black, they're still too sour for me I don't like them at all. I prefer raspberries.
However, I must say that the blackberry ice cream sounds interesting!

 

[evelynmcgregor]

Try slumping the berries in sugar when they turn black. That should sweeten them up enough to put on ice cream and for shortcake. They look delilcious!

 

[claudine]

Thank you, this sounds like a good solution Unfortunately, I have to limit sugar in my diet, so I try not to eat any desserts. Instead, I eat a lot of delicious, healthy vegetables. In some ways, tomatoes are better than chocolate, lol

 

[Whitewolf2578]

The way to tell if it is a blackberry plant is to give it a hug and if you feel pain from a thousand barbs then you have a black berry bush. That is definitely a black berry bush.