Meet the jewel of the Pacific Northwest.
It’s as if Oregon's Willamette Valley—a fertile slice that runs between Eugene and Portland, about 70 miles inland—was created to grow berries. The cool, mild winters and warm-but-comfortable summers create the perfect microclimate for trailing berries to thrive. Bushes of blackberries, many different varieties, cling low to the ground to survive winter, and don’t turn to jam on the plant under summer’s scorching sun., a shrub with prickly branches that produces sweet, oblong berries.
According to Bernadine C. Strik, professor of horticulture and berry crops specialist at Oregon State University, that perfect flavor comes down to chemistry: Marionberries have a 14% sugar concentration, 1.5% acidity, and a pH of 3.2, which is similar to the pH of a sweet strawberry. For non-horticulturalists, that means it’s delicious.
Easy to grow, and growing in popularity, the cultivar blew up in Oregon and in surrounding states, becoming the most popular berry in the region. Marionberries still account for about 25% of the state’s berry production, an impressive feat for a cultivar developed over 50 years ago.
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