No, there are no seedless caneberries (rasp, black, black-cap, etc). Certain varieties (Logan, Boysen, and others) have relatively small seeds. Are your blackberry canes (blueberries grow on bushes) uncultivated or wild, or did you buy and plant a named variety? Wild berries tend to be small and seedy. Most cultivated varieties such as Chester and Triple Crown will seem less seedy than wild or native berries.

I make jelly - straining the fruits through muslin or a fine sieve. Same with redcurrants and raspberries. No seeds and a beautiful, glowing ruby jelly - perfect for toast or with roast meats.

You can, however, find thornless blackberries - a far greater improvement!

The Logician beat me to it - are your bushes wild? Definitely agree the wild ones are quite seedy. We have berries growing all over the place in the woods, and while they're tasty they're really seedy. A guy down the road picks them for his oatmeal, but I rarely bother -- smallish fruit and a mouthful of seeds.

I'd have to disgree that all wild blackberries are overly seedy. Himalayan blackberries are a major invasive species in this area but their one redeeming feature is that they produce large, juicy and delicious berries. And no more seedy than any cultvated blackberries. In fact, they are preferred here over most cultivated types. You can always tell it's blackberry season when you see walkers out collecting blackberries from wild stands and roadside thickets. Local outfits make wild blackberry ice cream or wild blackberry pies and sell jams at area farmers' markets. I just recenly made a cobbler from collected wild berries - it was fantastic!!

The wild blackberries in my area are delicious too. Only years when rain does not come when the fruits are forming do they tend to be small and seedy and even then ones in partial shade are yummy. I eat them off the bushes as well as bake with them.

what they all said... but if you want a higher quality berry ... then buy a named variety ... with much more flesh ... which.. will make the seeds seem lesser ...

i hate seeds .. i dont eat anything with seeds .. i was discussing this with my daughter ... and she said... the crunchier the better ... lol .. there is no accounting for taste ... lol

ken

The wild Himalayan berries can be very tasty. Here in Portland, the vast majority are small and seedy as they grow well even in dry, unwatered ground. Massed together in baked goods, or eaten singly at no cost on a hot summer day, improves the experience.

Personally I prefer wild southern Dewberries, these are a close cousin of Blackberries, which many people confuse with wild blackberries, one key difference are the fine hair like prickles that Dewberries have in addition to small thorns, they also ripen a few weeks earlier than wild (or domesticated) blackberries. See https://countryroadsmagazine.com/outdoors/knowing-nature/berry-picking-louisiana/

They however are a lot more work to pick than my thornless blackberries, and the ones around my ares tend to grow on long narrow trailing vine like canes, and are traditionally found primarily along fence lines.

Sorry it took me so long to respond, but I don't know whether they're wild or not. I'll have to take a closer look at the bushes next time I'm at my family's property. They're still producing fruit right now so there will probably be many more to pick next time we go up there. The shrubs produce fruit of various sizes throughout the year. Some are big and others are smaller (is this normal?). Perhaps we have a few named varieties and the rest are wild bushes (not sure). I'm considering buying a named variety now though. The smaller the seeds the better.

>Here in Portland, the vast majority are small and seedy as they grow well even in dry, unwatered ground. Massed together in baked goods, or eaten singly at no cost on a hot summer day, improves the experience<

Yes: any general preference for Himalayan blackberries demonstrated here probably has a lot to do with them being abundant and free. With stores instead presenting products made using 'Marion' for instance. Also present and picked in my region is the native trailing blackberry with its similarly (to 'Marion') superior flavor, with my having the impression that traditionally at least the term "wild blackberry" has been used to differentiate pies and other preparations made from these instead of the others.

Seedless on the way.

https://www.pairwise.com/news/pairwise-develops-first-seedless-blackberry

Heh, for a second there I thought it couldnt' be true. And then, it isn't. Just soft seeds instead of hard seeds.

There is now! Woo hoo! Pairwise have recently created the first seedless blackberry.

Nah, not seedless. Soft seeds. Just like grapes and watermelon that are called seedless do have seeds, they are just softer and more palatable seeds. Seedless is a marketing term.

When we lived in Houston we had a stand of Brazos Bottom blackberries. They have great big, tasty berries. I never paid much attention to the seeds. I tried them in NC and they seemed not to be hardy enough here. I tried a thornless blackberry here...Navaho I think, and it was not as tasty. I might try Brazos Bottom again. It's wonderful.

https://www.pairwise.com/news/pairwise-develops-first-seedless-blackberry