Olallieberry

Olallieberry
Ripe olallieberries
GenusRubus
Hybrid parentageBlackberry 'Black Logan' × youngberry
BreederGeorge Waldo and Judge James Logan
OriginOregon,[1] United States, 1935 to 1950
Olallieberry pie in Pescadero, California

The olallieberry (/ˈoʊləliˌbɛri/ OH-lə-lee-berr-ee), sometimes spelled ollalieberry, olallaberry, olalliberry, ollalaberry or ollaliberry,[citation needed] is the marketing name for the 'Olallie' blackberry released by the USDA-ARS (in collaboration with Oregon State University). The berry was a selection from a cross between the 'Black Logan' (syn. 'Mammoth'), developed by Judge James Logan in California, and the youngberry, which was developed by Byrnes M. Young in Louisiana.

According to Judge Logan, 'Black Logan' was a cross between the eastern blackberry 'Crandall' and the western dewberry 'Aughinbaugh'.[2] 'Youngberry' was from 'Phenomenal' x 'Austin Mayes'. 'Phenomenal' in turn is a cross of the 'Aughinbaugh' western dewberry and 'Cuthbert' red raspberry and so has a similar background to Logan's 'Loganberry' because it shares a parent.[3]

  1. ^ "Olallieberries". Specialty Produce. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  2. ^ G.M. Darrow (1920). Culture of the Logan Blackberry and Related Varieties.
  3. ^ D.L. Jennings (1988). Raspberries and Blackberries; Their breeding diseases and growth.