Early Black is our earliest ripening black raspberry, producing huge tasty fruit that keeps for weeks in fridge...great for farm market sales. ....easy to pick fruit on a non-suckering plants makes ideal candidate for "pick-your-own" operations. Very hardy and shade tolerant so great for Permaculture applications or food forests. Easy care( no spraying) for organic operations as well. Can be grown in shade under all sorts of trees including black walnuts. Tough, hardy and delicious fruit..........do we need to say more!  SELF POLLINATING. ZONE 3 winter hardy