Boysenberry
The boysenberry ( Rubus ursinus × idaeus ) is an American hybrid of a blackberry and the loganberry , which in turn is crossed from a blackberry and the raspberry .
The boysenberry is a shrub that is very similar in growth to the blackberry; the fruits are about three centimeters long and eight grams heavy collective drupes , which are slightly lighter than those of the blackberry. Larger growing areas are on the west coast of the USA with the harvest time July / August and in New Zealand , where the harvest takes place in March. The plant is robust, the fruits typically taste like berries and are slightly sour, are eaten fresh or processed into juices. Boysenberries are usually exported to Europe in canned form.
history
Around 1920 the Californian park ranger Rudolph Boysen crossed the loganberry with a blackberry. His attempts at crossing were almost forgotten until the last stocks of Boysen's abandoned farm were rescued at the instigation of the US Department of Agriculture and with the help of farmer Walter Knott (see also Knott's Berry Farm ). Since 1935, at the suggestion of Knott, she has been named after her breeder.
Individual evidence
- ↑ John Griffith Vaughan, Catherine Geissler, Barbara Nicholson, Elisabeth Dowle, Elizabeth Rice: The new Oxford book of food plants. Oxford University Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-19-954946-7 , p. 88.
- ↑ a b c Oregon Raspberry & Blackberry Commission: Boysenberry (accessed October 1, 2010)
- ↑ Boysenberry. In: Den Gamle Fabrik Leksikon.
