Kotataberry

'Kotata' is a blackberry cultivar with a diverse ancestry in a few Rubus species including western and eastern North American blackberry species and red raspberry.

In 1984,[1] 'Kotata' was released as a potential replacement for the 'Marion' blackberry, with better cold tolerance and fruit firmness.

[2] However, while the taste of the 'Kotata' is unique and invariably good, it did not replace 'Marion' but was used as a slightly earlier complement to 'Marion'.

'Kotata' has been grown primarily in the Pacific Northwest region of North America and in the United Kingdom.

Kotataberries are black, longish, and have a "glossy skin that dulls as it ripens.