nessberryn.
/ˈnɛsb(ə)ri/, /ˈnɛsbɛri/, U.S. /ˈnɛsˌbɛri/ A North American soft fruit of the loganberry type; the bush producing this, thought to be a cross between a North American dewberry and a North American raspberry, or perhaps a variety or cultivar of the former.
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1925 H. Ness in Bull. Texas Agric. Exper. Statistics No. 326. 19 This new fruit has been named the Nessberry by the authorities of the College.
1925 H. Ness in Bull. Texas Agric. Exper. Statistics No. 326. 19 The Nessberry is of an excessively strong growth, some of its branches attaining a length of 10 to 15 feet in a single season.
1948 J. S. Shoemaker Small Fruit Culture (ed. 2) iii. 232 Nessberry..has a delightful flavor and thrives well in East Texas, but it proved unpopular because of poor picking quality and difficulty in propagation.
1952 New Biol. 13 46 Among the newer crops which have arisen by allopolyploidy..the most notable are the various berries related to blackberry and raspberry... Two typical examples are the nessberry and loganberry.
1972 R. M. Brooks & H. P. Olmo Reg. New Fruit & Nut Varieties 164 Nessberry... Fruit: larger than Logan; size variable; hemispherical; skin deep to blood red.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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