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What's Behind Oregon's Marionberry Mania? - by Tove Danovich/ The Salt: What's On Your Plate/ National Public Radio (NPR)/ npr.org
"Blackberries grow so voraciously in the Pacific Northwest that it's not rare to stumble across rural barns or abandoned homes that have been completely consumed by the thorny vine. Let them grow too close to a window, and they'll break the glass. They're common — easy to forage and hard to get too excited about. At least compared to the marionberry, a type of blackberry that has become an Oregon obsession.
One of the reasons the marionberry is so beloved is because it is entirely a product of Oregon. It's "born and raised" in state, so to speak.
The marionberry, a cross between Chehalem and Olallie blackberries, was bred at Oregon State University as part of a berry-developing partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture that dates back to the early 1900s. It's named for Marion County in the Willamette Valley, where most of the field trials took place (not for former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry).
When the berry was introduced in the 1950s, it was widely hailed as the most delicious blackberry commercial cultivar around. Even today, people rave over its tart-yet-sweet flavor — think of a cross between raspberries and blackberries. (Though there is some raspberry in its DNA, the red fruits are more like a genetic great-great grandparent to the marionberry.)..."
Marionberry fruit photographed at the National Centre for Organic Gardening, which has been the headquarters of the Henry Doubleday Research Association since the early 1980s.
Michael Boys/Corbis/VCG/Getty Images
Last summer my wife and I spent a long week-end on the Oregon Coast with my son, his fiance and my granddaughter. I discovered Marionberry pie at a local restaurant and Marionberry Ice Cream at the Tillamook Cheese Factory. This was my introduction to Marionberries and they were in season. What a nice treat and I'm now a big fan.
Richard
"Blackberries grow so voraciously in the Pacific Northwest that it's not rare to stumble across rural barns or abandoned homes that have been completely consumed by the thorny vine. Let them grow too close to a window, and they'll break the glass. They're common — easy to forage and hard to get too excited about. At least compared to the marionberry, a type of blackberry that has become an Oregon obsession.
One of the reasons the marionberry is so beloved is because it is entirely a product of Oregon. It's "born and raised" in state, so to speak.
The marionberry, a cross between Chehalem and Olallie blackberries, was bred at Oregon State University as part of a berry-developing partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture that dates back to the early 1900s. It's named for Marion County in the Willamette Valley, where most of the field trials took place (not for former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry).
When the berry was introduced in the 1950s, it was widely hailed as the most delicious blackberry commercial cultivar around. Even today, people rave over its tart-yet-sweet flavor — think of a cross between raspberries and blackberries. (Though there is some raspberry in its DNA, the red fruits are more like a genetic great-great grandparent to the marionberry.)..."
Marionberry fruit photographed at the National Centre for Organic Gardening, which has been the headquarters of the Henry Doubleday Research Association since the early 1980s.
Michael Boys/Corbis/VCG/Getty Images
Last summer my wife and I spent a long week-end on the Oregon Coast with my son, his fiance and my granddaughter. I discovered Marionberry pie at a local restaurant and Marionberry Ice Cream at the Tillamook Cheese Factory. This was my introduction to Marionberries and they were in season. What a nice treat and I'm now a big fan.
Richard