The Uses and Benefits of Boysenberries

The biggest benefit of juicy, reddish-black boysenberries is that they make the most excellent pie filling you’ll ever taste. (Okay, rhubarb is one of my favorite fillings, too.)

Each berry weighs around 7-8 grams, which is heavy for the fruit of a brambly Rubus plant. For comparison, a typical blackberry weighs 5-7 grams, and a raspberry averages 3-5 grams.

Both of these berries, like the boysenberry, are part of the genus Rubus and members of the Rosaceae family – which also includes apple, peach, and almond trees, as well as roses.

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But if you thought raspberries and blackberries were juicy, meet the boysenberry. This plump, sweet-tart fruit takes juiciness to a whole new level.

It’s actually so juicy and thin-skinned that farmers can’t really send it off to grocery stores. It just doesn’t ship well. Most varieties reach maturity in midsummer, but begin to go bad just three days after picking.

This means it’s an ideal bush to plant in your garden if you want to enjoy the freshly picked berries.

Packed with nutrition, these delicious berries also boast a number of healthy nutrients, from gut-healthy fiber to vitamins and polyphenols.

Let’s find out a bit more about the benefits of boysenberries.

Developed in the 1920s by Rudolph Boysen, our featured fruit (Rubus ursinus × R. idaeus) is a cross between a loganberry, dewberry, blackberry, and raspberry.

And if you’ve ever visited southern California’s theme parks, you’ll know that no mention of boysenberries is complete without talking about Knott’s Berry Farm.

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