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Olallieberries
The olallieberry (pronounced oh-la-leh, sometimes spelled ollalieberry, olallaberry, olalliberry, ollalaberry or ollaliberry) is a cross between the loganberry and the youngberry, each of which is itself a cross between blackberry and another berry (raspberry and dewberry, respectively).[1]
The original cross was made in 1935 by S. J. Harvey with the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), who ran the cooperative blackberry breeding program between the USDA-ARS and Oregon State University. Selected in 1937 and tested in Oregon, Washington and California as "Oregon 609", it was named "Olallie" and released in 1950.[2] While developed in Oregon, it has never been very productive there and is therefore primarily grown in California.
Formally named "Olallie", it has usually been marketed as olallieberry, just as "Marion" is sold as marionberry.
"Olallie" means berry in the Chinook jargon.[3]
Olallie Lake in Oregon's Cascade Range is named after the Chinook term due to the abundance of berries in that area.
Olallie pedigree
Raspberry Blackberry Dewberry Pacific blackberry (Rubus ursinus) Loganberry Youngberry Himalayan blackberry (Rubus armeniacus) Santiam berry Chehalem blackberry Olallieberry Marionberry References
- ^ Epicurious Food Dictionary
- ^ The Heart of Tartness
- ^ olallieberry - Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
External links
- Olallie is one step from a Marionberry
- More details
- Identifying varietal types
- Where are organic crops grown in California?
- Finz, Stacy. "Olallie season is short and sweet". San Francisco Chronicle. June 14, 2006.
Hybrid Rubus Hybrid species 
Parentage species 
Category:Hybrid RubusCategories:- Hybrid Rubus
- Oregon State University
- Plant common names
- Rosales stubs
- Oregon stubs
- Fruit stubs
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