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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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
And are they that much better than other berries still, outreigning the seedy boysenberry or the 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
Sometimes the whole show was included in the dollar-odd price of admission, right along with the exhibition barns and the competition sheds full of fancy needlework and loganberry jam.
From Time Magazine Archive
Carl went to put the bottles of loganberry juice in the stream to cool, and the others unloaded the hamper.
From Jane Lends A Hand by Watkins, Shirley
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
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)
Blackberries, elderberries and loganberries make delicious juices and shrubs for summer beverages.
From Every Step in Canning by Gray, Grace Viall
Therefore, in the recipes given for these two kinds of berries, loganberries may be substituted whenever they can be obtained.
From Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit Desserts; Canning and Drying; Jelly Making, Preserving and Pickling; Confections; Beverages; the Planning of Meals by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
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