| Cultivar | Release Year | Ripening Season | Yield | Fruit Size | Fruit Frimness | Flavor | Seed Size | Erectness | Thornless |
| Cherokee | 1974 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | no |
| Comanche | 1974 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | no |
| Cheyenne | 1977 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | no |
| Shawnee | 1984 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | no |
| Choctaw | 1988 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | no |
| Navaho | 1988 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | yes |
| Arapaho | 1993 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | yes |
| Kiowa | 1995 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | no |
| Apache | 1999 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 9 | yes |
| Chickasaw | 1999 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 9 | no |
The cultivars listed here have generally given the best response. A small trial planting is
strongly advised to evaluate performance before planting any significant acreage.
'Rosborough'
Erect canes, very large, soft, slightly acid fruit. Berry size, flavor, and productiveness are superior to 'Brazos.' Moderately susceptible to rosette. A 1977 release of the Texas Agriculture Experiment Station. The most widely planted newer variety in Texas. Early season. Little performance information available for Alabama.
'Choctaw'
Erect canes, medium size, firm fruit. Good flavor. Early season, ripens about 12 days before 'Shawnee.' A 1989 release from the University of Arkansas.
'Cheyenne'
Erect canes, large, firm fruit. Berries are slightly acid and good quality. Very susceptible to rosette. A 1976 release from the University of Arkansas.
'Shawnee'
Very erect canes, medium-large, firm fruit. Flavor similar to 'Cheyenne.' Highly susceptible to rosette and resistance to orange rust. 'Shawnee' does not have a ripening peak as most erect cultivars do and it ripens over a longer period of time. A 1984 release from the University of Arkansas. Late season. Perhaps the best yielding cultivar under Alabama conditions.
'Gem'
Trailing canes and large sized fruit of excellent quality. Plants are vigorous and resistant to anthracnose and leafspot. A 1967 release from the University of Georgia.
'Navaho'
Erect, thornless canes. Medium size fruit with high sugar content and excellent flavor. Firm berry with perhaps the best post-harvest shelf-life potential. Yields are about 60 to 75 percent of those of 'Shawnee.' Tolerant of rosette but susceptible to orange rust. A 1989 releases from the University of Arkansas. Extended ripening season, beginning one week after 'Shawnee' and continuing 2 weeks later than the last 'Shawnee' harvest.
'Arapaho'
Erect, thornless canes. Medium size fruit. Yields are about 60 percent of those of 'Shawnee.' Fruit begins ripening with 'Shawnee' but has a concentrated ripening season of about 3 weeks. Appears to be resistant to orange rust and rosette diseases. A 1993 release from the University of Arkansas.
"Hull"
Semi-erect, thornless canes, medium-large fruit. Very acid if picked before fruit are a fully ripe, dull black, but fully ripe fruit have an excellent flavor. Trellis support is required. Susceptibility to rosette is not known. Late season, perhaps 1 month after 'Shawnee.' A very long ripening season makes it especially suitable as a garden cultivar or to extend the commercial harvest of blackberries into the summer months. 'Hull' was released by the USDA (1981) at Beltsville, Maryland.
'Chester'
Thornless variety is the newest USDA semi-erect (1985); it is about 7 to 10 days later in ripening than 'Hull.' Very acid if picked before fruit are a fully ripe, dull black, but fully ripe have an excellent flavor. Same fruit size as its sister seedling 'Hull.' Trellis support is required.
Additional thornless cultivars that appear worthy of trial include 'Loch Ness,' a semi-erect cultivar release from Scotland in 1988, and 'Waldo' release, from Oregon in 1988.