Latin Name:
Rubus ursinus
Physical Description:
Boysenberries are large fruits grown on a vine similar to blackberries.
Usage:
Boysenberries are delicious fresh, dried or cooked into jam or preserves. Cooked down, they make great jams, syrups and infusions for liquors.
Factoids:
They are a cross between the raspberry and the Pacific blackberry, although they are technically a "false berry". The boysenberry was widely introduced by Walter Knott, of Knott's Berry Farm in the 1930's. Working with George Darrow of the USDA, he "rescued" the vine from the farm of Rudolph Boysen where they were languishing and started to cultivate, sell, and eventually make into the famous Knott's Berry Farm pies and jams.
Harvesting Season
From:
May
To:
June 
