Talk:Boysenberry

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To do: Verify accuracy. If done, leave a note below :) - Hemanshu 04:35, 9 Jan 2004 (UTC)

According to the article on loganberries, boysenberries are a cross between loganberries and dewberries. Loganberries are already a cross between blackberries and raspberries, so the alternate explanation makes more sense to me. I don't have a source and I'm just speculating on which description is correct but anyone with information should amend this. - Mathan


It's been changed now: A similar hybrid is the Nessberry which is a cross between the dewberry and the red raspberry. But this article still says cross among a blackberry, red raspberry and loganberry. A bit confusing. Boysenberry= blackberry+raspberry+loganberry
Loganberry= blackberry+raspberry
PrometheusX303 16:07, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Boysen's first name is spelled Rudolf and Rudolph in the article. Which is correct? -- Berry Farmer (hobby berry farmer).Mowrerms 16:59, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Rudolf Boysen lived in Anaheim (in Orange County which is south of Los Angeles) for most of his adult life, yet this article claims that his farm, where he bred the boysenberry, was in northern California. That seems highly unlikely unless Boysen was an absentee farmer or if his farm was only a few miles north of the Kern County line (the traditional boundary between northern and southern California). California, the third largest state in the Union, is about the size of Italy, and travel between north and south was not so easy in the first half of the 20th century. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.132.194.127 (talk) 02:15, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Further research shows that Boysen developed the boysenberry in 1920 on a farm in Napa, California (the famed wine producing valley in northern California), so it appears that Boysen did this half a decade prior to his employment at Walter Knott's farm in Anaheim. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.132.194.127 (talk) 02:24, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Innocent Smoothies have just released a smoothie in this flavour - the first usage of this berry that I'd heard of. Should that be added to the page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nikthestoned (talk • contribs) 09:01, 18 January 2008 (UTC)