Ollalieberry

Olallieberry

Olallieberry

Blackberry variety


The olallieberry (/ˈləliˌbɛri/ 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.

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Olallieberry pie in Pescadero, California

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]

Development and cultivation

The original cross was made in 1935 by George Waldo with the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), who ran the cooperative blackberry breeding program between the USDA-ARS and Oregon State University from 1932 until the 1960s. Selected in 1937 and tested in Oregon, Washington and California as "Oregon 609" (OSC 609), it was named "Olallie" and released in 1950.[4]

During the 20th century, the Olallieberry was hybridized with the Chehalem blackberry to produce the Marion blackberry or Marionberry, which when used as the fruit in a pie was named as the official state pie of Oregon in 2017.[5]

Olallieberry pedigree

Red Antwerp
Raspberry
Aughinbaugh
Pacific Blackberry
Crandall
Eastern Blackberry
Cuthbert
Red Raspberry
Pacific
Blackberry
LoganberryMayes
Dewberry
Phenomenal
SantiamHimalayan
Blackberry
Black LoganYoungberry
Chehalem
Blackberry
Olallieberry
Marionberry

"Olallie" means berry in the Chinook Jargon.[1][6][7] Olallie Lake in Oregon's Cascade Range is named after the Chinook term due to the abundance of berries in that area.[citation needed]


References

  1. "Olallieberries". Specialty Produce. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  2. D.L. Jennings (1988). Raspberries and Blackberries; Their breeding diseases and growth.
  3. Olallieberry – Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
  4. Heather Arndt Anderson Portland: A Food Biography, p. 25, at Google Books

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