Nah, these are ‘O’Neal’, ‘Tifblue’, and others. Southern highbush and Rabbiteye varieties. IIRC we planted 3 or 4 different varieties 11 years ago when we moved in. I kept them watered regularly the first couple of summers and now it’s like gallons and gallons of free food, just show up with a bucket and pick.
Wish we could grow the black raspberries down here. We have exactly one locally adapted red raspberry variety that makes buckets but isn’t great fresh, it’s more of a cooking/canning raspberry.
Your mailperson has it easy. Fire ants decided to build a 3ft tall ant bed around and on our mailbox post. It was ginormous and appeared nearly overnight. They’re dead now though :)
Re: Ants!
I had to take an ‘ant bomb’ to the mailbox a few weeks back. For some reason big, black Army Ants decided our mailbox was a GREAT place to make a home!
Well, I showed THEM!
I know insects outnumber us about a million to one, but luckily, *I* am the one with the opposable thumb...and a brain bigger than a micro-dot!
Insects ARE amazing, but they NEED to know their place in ‘my’ world. Just sayin’...