New Zealand improved boysenberries and hybrid berries

[jbtx1234]

I am curious if any of these have made it to the USA and have been trialed and what people who have grown them think about them.

[BestDay]

 It that I know of. What are the names of some of the more popular varieties?

Bill

[jbtx1234]

Boysenberry Mapua
Boysenberry Tasman
Hybridberry HB19 PVR
Hybridberry Marahau PVR
Hybridberry Ranui

Those are the names of some of the New Zealand hybrid berries.

[Rob From Sydney]

I have heard of the keriberry. Someone was growing it, and it formed a big bush. From memory he liked the fruits, but the plant was a thorny menace and he wants to rip it out.

[usirius]

I cultivate the standard boysenberry (thornless) and the Young Berry (with scratchy thorns), both of which bear very aromatic fruits. I also cultivate the very large and aromatic blackberry 'Columbia Star' (thornless) and the very aromatic raspberry hybrid 'Heisa' (Rubus x binatus), which, in addition to R. idaeus, also has some of the arctic berry (Rubus arcticus) in its genes. This year, I placed both 'Columbia Star' and 'Young Berry' pollen on 'Heisa' flowers to create new hybrids similar to Boysenberry or Young Berry. The fruits of the pollinations are now growing, and I'm excited about the results.