THE YOUNGBERRY
A correspondent writes:—The Youngberry was raised in California in J 921 by Mr B. M. Young by crossing the Phenomenal with the Ma yes Dewberry. The berry was tested by the United States Department of Agriculture, and in 1930 was grown on a commercial scale by several leading nurserymen. Mr Bundle, manager of the New Zealand Olympic Games team, which travelled to Los Angeles in 1932, expressed surprise at seeing this berry growing in Roxburgh. When in Eos Angeles this fruit was on the menu and is delicious. People were raving about it. 'Phis year the berry has fruited for the first time. The fruiting season is the same as with the Loganberry. The fruit is larger and sweeter than the Loganberry: in fact, it is larger than any of the cane fruits. While it has a flavour similar to the Loganberry, it does not have the same acid taste. The berries are a dark wine colour, and appear almost black when ripe, and present a very pleasing appearance in a box. The core is practically eliminated, and the objectionable seedy nature of the blackberry and the Loganberry has been greatly modified to the extent that when eating the fully-ripened Youngberry. the presence of seeds is hardly perceptible.
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Evening Star, Issue 21630, 27 January 1934, Page 23
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210THE YOUNGBERRY Evening Star, Issue 21630, 27 January 1934, Page 23
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