Boysenberryvariety
Tasman
One of three boysenberry varieties grown together at the orchard to spread the harvest.
No photo of Tasman yet
No Tasman photo yet
Taste & texture
A fresh berry's picking stage and handling matter alongside its name. Ask when it was picked and whether the crop was meant for fresh sale or processing.
producer observation · Eden’s Road Fruit, Waimea Plains west of Richmond, New Zealand; December 2021 grower account.
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At Eden’s Road Fruit near Nelson, the Sutton family describes balancing longer time on the plant, when Brix and yield rise, against the risk of boysenberries falling or being lost in wind and rain. The orchard grows Tasman, Mapua and Riwaka to spread harvest, and sends fruit for freezing, juice concentrate or purée.
- Fruit tested
- Soft boysenberries harvested mechanically for processing.
- Varieties compared
- Tasman, Mapua, Riwaka
- Use studied
- Understanding cultivar or handling differences in the identified fruit.
- Published
- 2021
Origin & family
Field notes
Original source notes
trait observations
- trait
- source reported character
- source url
- www.hortnz.co.nz ↗
- observation
- One of three boysenberry cultivars grown together to spread the orchard’s harvest; the source does not give their individual ripening order.