Tayberry

Rubus fruticosus × Rubus idaeus · Berry

40 pairings

The tayberry is a cultivated cane-berry, a cross between a blackberry and a red raspberry, bred for a large, elongated, deep purplish-red aggregate fruit. Intensely aromatic and sweet-tart, it eats softer and juicier than a blackberry and is prized for jams, pies and fresh dessert use.

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Purple-red, just givingThe set that survives the trip home. Sweet-tart and still holding shape for tarts, pavlova or eating out of the punnet. Cold and dry, about three days.Buy it

ColourPurple-red over most of it, red at the tip

In the handYields a little, holds its long shape

Punnet baseBase dry, a stain or two under the fruit

Smell at the lidFaintly perfumed close up

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What one gives you

5 g

Typical weight

one specimen

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