boysenberries

Purple bramble fruit

Boysenberries is the plural of boysenberry, a large dark purple berry that's a hybrid of raspberry, blackberry, and loganberry.

The fruit is sweeter and less seedy than blackberries, commonly used in jams, pies, and syrups: The boysenberries were perfect for preserves.

berries

blackberry

Aggregate fruit from thorny canes

dewberry · mulberry · huckleberry · gooseberry · elderberry · lingonberry · cloudberry · salmonberry · currant · blueberry

culinary

jam

Cooked fruit spread

  • jellyFruit spread, no seeds
  • preservesCooked fruit in sugar
  • pieCrust-enclosed baked dish

cobbler · syrup · compote · filling · tart · sauce · sorbet · gelato · smoothie · muffin

cultivation

California

West coast megastate

pruning · irrigation · pollination · yield · picking · farming · seasonal · summer · vine · propagation

flavor

tart

Sharp-flavored small pie

aromatic · earthy · floral · winey · bright · complex · balance · ripe · intense · fruity

Categories
Opposites
cultivation status

boysenberrieswild berries

Uncultivated fruit from woods

Family

berry, berries, berrying, boysenberry, berrylike

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G