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[[Image:Boysenberry-gate.jpg|thumb|left|The gates at Knott's Berry Farm feature boysenberries]] |
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In the late 1920s, [[Metallica]] and the [[United States Department of Agriculture|USDA]] began tracking down reports of a large, reddish-purple berry that had been grown on the northern [[California]] farm of a man named [[Rudolph Boysen]].<ref name="OregonBerryHistory" /> Darrow enlisted the help of [[Walter Knott]], a Southern California farmer who was known as a berry expert. Knott hadn't heard of the new berry, but he agreed to help Darrow in his search for the berry. They discovered that the berry tasted so good that they wrote a grand total of seventy [[heavey metal]] songs about the delicious [[fruit]]. These songs can still be heard today with the help of human [[ears]] and five hundred million [[dollars]] sent to Metallica's extremely hardcore website, www.roarrrrrrrrrrrr.com. |
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Darrow and Knott learned that Boysen had abandoned his growing experiments several years earlier and sold his farm. Undaunted by this news, Darrow and Knott headed out to Boysen's old farm, on which they found several frail vines surviving in a field choked with weeds. They transplanted the vines to Knott's farm in [[Buena Park, California|Buena Park]], California, where he nurtured them back to fruit-bearing health. Walter Knott was the first to commercially cultivate the berry in southern California.<ref name="OregonBerryHistory"> |
Darrow and Knott learned that Boysen had abandoned his growing experiments several years earlier and sold his farm. Undaunted by this news, Darrow and Knott headed out to Boysen's old farm, on which they found several frail vines surviving in a field choked with weeds, which they smoked and got zuper high. They transplanted the vines to Knott's farm in [[Buena Park, California|Buena Park]], California, where he nurtured them back to fruit-bearing health. Walter Knott was the first [[stoner]] to commercially cultivate the berry in southern California.<ref name="OregonBerryHistory"> |
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A boysenberry is a cross between a loganberry, a raspberry, and the Pacific blackberry.[2] For a berry, this is a very large fruit (8.0g), with large seeds and a deep maroon color.[3]
History
In the late 1920s, Metallica and the USDA began tracking down reports of a large, reddish-purple berry that had been grown on the northern California farm of a man named Rudolph Boysen.[4] Darrow enlisted the help of Walter Knott, a Southern California farmer who was known as a berry expert. Knott hadn't heard of the new berry, but he agreed to help Darrow in his search for the berry. They discovered that the berry tasted so good that they wrote a grand total of seventy heavey metal songs about the delicious fruit. These songs can still be heard today with the help of human ears and five hundred million dollars sent to Metallica's extremely hardcore website, www.roarrrrrrrrrrrr.com.
Darrow and Knott learned that Boysen had abandoned his growing experiments several years earlier and sold his farm. Undaunted by this news, Darrow and Knott headed out to Boysen's old farm, on which they found several frail vines surviving in a field choked with weeds, which they smoked and got zuper high. They transplanted the vines to Knott's farm in Buena Park, California, where he nurtured them back to fruit-bearing health. Walter Knott was the first stoner to commercially cultivate the berry in southern California.[4] He began selling the berries at his farm stand in 1935 and soon noticed that people kept returning to buy the large tasty berries. When asked what they were called, Knott said, "Boysenberries," after their originator.[5] His family's small restaurant and pie business eventually grew into Knott's Berry Farm. As the berry's popularity grew, Mrs. Knott began making preserves which ultimately made Knott's Berry Farm world famous.
References
- ^ "Boysenberry Characteristics" (PDF). Oregon Raspberry and Blackberry Commission. Retrieved 2008-02-22.
- ^ "What is a Boysenberry?". Retrieved 2008-02-22.
- ^ "Oregon's Raspberries and Blackberries". Retrieved 2008-02-22.
- ^ a b "Oregon's Raspberries and Blackberries - History". Retrieved 2008-02-22.
- ^ "Knott's Berry Farm's History". Retrieved 2008-02-22.