loganberry
Americannoun
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the large, dark-red, acid fruit of a plant, Rubus ursinus loganobaccus.
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the plant itself.
noun
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a trailing prickly hybrid rosaceous plant, Rubus loganobaccus , cultivated for its edible fruit: probably a hybrid between an American blackberry and a raspberry
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the purplish-red acid fruit of this plant
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( as modifier )
loganberry pie
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Etymology
Origin of loganberry
1890–95, named after James H. Logan (1841–1928), American horticulturist who first bred it; see berry
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Founded in 1904, Greenbank Farm was once the U.S.’s largest loganberry producer, which later helped popularize loganberry wine.
From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2022
At the World’s Fair, Erickson befriended famed horticulturist Luther Burbank, whose inventions included the crimson Phenomenal berry, a blackberry-raspberry cross similar to a loganberry.
From Seattle Times ● May 30, 2017
They are lighting their fire with invasive species including the New Zealand Christmas Tree, loganberry and other alien plants.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2012
What would be your method of procedure for the following work: cornbread, blueberry cobbler with whipped cream, fruit gelatine, nut cake, loganberry pie?
From Time Magazine Archive
So was the carrot-top with the loganberry beauty-spot.
From The Prairie Mother by Becher, Arthur E.
Raspberries have been crossed with other brambles to get boysenberries, loganberries and tayberries.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2024
He grew loganberries, and picked apples and pears from old trees on the property.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
Blackberries, elderberries and loganberries make delicious juices and shrubs for summer beverages.
From Every Step in Canning by Gray, Grace Viall
It may be beans or a bit of roast ham brought from home, with potatoes or tomatoes, good bread and butter, and a dessert of toasted crackers with loganberries and cream.
From A Backward Glance at Eighty Recollections & comment by Murdock, Charles A. (Charles Albert)
The juice from canned strawberries, loganberries, or blackberries makes a most delicious jelly when combined with Knox Gelatine, or with nuts, cheese and lettuce, a delightful fruit salad.
From American Cookery November, 1921 by Hill, Janet McKenzie
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