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boysenberry
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boysenberry: see bramble bramble, name for plants of the genus Rubus [Lat.,=red, for the color of the juice]. This complex genus of the family Rosaceae (rose family), with representatives in many parts of the world, includes the blackberries, raspberries, loganberries, boysenberries,
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boysenberry

Very large bramble fruit, usually considered, along with the loganberry and the youngberry, a variety of blackberry (Rubus ursinus). The dark, reddish-black fruit is especially valued for canning and preserving. It is grown chiefly in the southern and southwestern U.S. and on the Pacific Coast from southern California into Oregon. It was developed in the early 1920s by Rudolph Boysen (1895–1950) of Napa, Cal.



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A]though new to the UK market, boysenberries have been grown commercially for over 30 years in New Zealand, where the fruit is popular as an ice-cream flavour.
By 1940, visitors were standing in line for hours to enjoy Walter's boysenberries (developed at the Farm with the help of friend Rudolph Boysen) and Cordelia's chicken.
The first consignment of New Zealand boysenberries have been received into the country by J.
 
 
 
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