Meet the braspberry, a blueberry-stuffed raspberry (2024)

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What Berry is a cross between a raspberry and a blueberry? ›

Whether you call them haskap or honeyberry, it is the same plant with different subspecies and origins, much like there are different varieties of strawberries and raspberries. There are many advantages to growing haskaps. The fruit is high in antioxidants, as high or even higher than blueberries.

Meet the braspberry, a blueberry-stuffed raspberry

Have you ever noticed that a blueberry can fit perfectly inside a raspberry?

Haskap Berry, 'Berry Blue' are a delicious new kind of fruit with a truly unique flavor! The sweet flavor compares to a cross between blueberries and raspberries. 'Berry Blue' will produce smaller, tart berries if planted alone. Best used as a pollinizer to other varieties.

Key takeaways. Both raspberries and blueberries are high in dietary fiber. Raspberries contain 56% less sugar than blueberries. Raspberries are an excellent source of Vitamin C, while blueberries are richer in Vitamin K.

Haskap berries, which resemble pendulous blueberries and taste like a cross between a blueberry and a raspberry, are rich in vitamins and antioxidants. They are indigenous to Siberia, Japan and China and are grown on farms in Canada as well.

The cloudberry is one of the rarest berries in the northern hemisphere, only to be found in high altitudes of the vast nordic countryside. Because it can only be found in these rare places up in the mountains it got its name – cloudberry – as it grows up in the clouds.

Blue raspberry is a manufactured flavoring and food coloring for candy, snack foods, syrups, and soft drinks. The color does not derive from any species of raspberry, however the flavor is intended to mimic that of a blackcap raspberry.

Drupelets are the tiny juicy balls that together make up one raspberry (or blackberry.) Each has a seed. When weather is dry, sunny, breezy and hot, some of the drupelets may be scalded. They turn white or tan and can become hard.

Calling for only two simple ingredients—fresh berries and sugar—this macerated berry topping recipe is the perfect addition to ice cream, pancakes, shortcakes, yogurt, and more.

Loganberry. Loganberries are also a cross between a blackberry and a raspberry. They're the product of a happy accident in 1881 when James Harvey Logan, a Californian judge and horticulturist, found a cross between a North American blackberry and a European red raspberry growing in his backyard.

What is a cross between a strawberry and a raspberry? ›

This funky fruit is a cross between a strawberry and a raspberry. It has the looks (and the habit) of a strawberry, but tastes like a mixture of strawberries and raspberries (which is delicious!!! in case you were wondering). Grow with pineberries for improved yield (cross-pollination).

The result of cross breeding between the Chehalem and Olallie blackberries, the Marion blackberry was released in 1956 after extensive testing in its namesake Marion County, Oregon. The medium-sized berries are conical in shape, longer than they are wide, and appear dark purple to black in color.

A study conducted with young and old adult participants who ate blueberries, showed an increase of blood flow to key areas of the brain, improvements in memory and attention to required tasks.

They'll be able to cross-pollinate, and you can amend the soil to give them the acidic dirt they crave. Use them as a hedge between you and a neighbor, a sort of fruiting privacy fence. Or use them as foundation plantings.

Loganberry. Loganberries are also a cross between a blackberry and a raspberry. They're the product of a happy accident in 1881 when James Harvey Logan, a Californian judge and horticulturist, found a cross between a North American blackberry and a European red raspberry growing in his backyard.

Tayberries are a more recent cross between raspberries and blackberries, developed by the Scottish Horticultural Society in the late 70s and named after the river Tay in Scotland.