Any ideas what they are?

[HeyWayne]

At the back of my plot I have some bramble which is just starting to fruit, but next to it there is another berry bush.

The berries look like long raspberries.

I'm pretty sure they're mine, but what are they?

[lainey lou]

Tayberries?
Got a picture?

[HeyWayne]

Got a picture?

Nope, forgot last time I was there.

[lainey lou]

Do they look like this......?
Tayberry (Fruit)

[HeyWayne]

Do they look like this......?
Tayberry (Fruit)

Aye, that looks like the boys! Cheers m'dear.

Now to work out

a) if they're mine
b) what do do with them if they are

[HayleyB]

b) eat them

Tays are a cross blackberry/raspberry and lucky you, I planted two tays last autaumn, one doesn't look so good and the other looks like it'll be a couple of years before I get a return

[Flummery]

They make the most fantastic jam. I make lots of different jams but Himself's favourite (and mine!) is Tayberry Conserve (where you cook the fruit whole).

[ohbeary]

aww pity they didn't turn out to be "Japanese Wine-berry" guess what they're good for!!

[Jennyp19]

Is a tayberry the same as loganberry?

[gojiberry]

Tayberry and loganberry are both derived from crossing blackberries with raspberries. They are different plants but produce almost the same fruit. There are exceptions on both sides but generally the tayberry is thornless and the loganberry has thorns. They both make excellent jam and can be eaten raw but need to be left till the fruit is very dark in colour. The loganberry follows the blackberry as opposed to the raspberry in that when picked the core remains in the fruit. (don't know about tayberry) Hope it gives you a bit more information on identifying your plants.

Ian

[Jennyp19]

Thanks for that explanation, I've got a Tayberry growing as well. I thought it was a loganberry, but its thornless!!

[Snadger]

Thanks for that explanation, I've got a Tayberry growing as well. I thought it was a loganberry, but its thornless!!

Likewise.........

[Polly Fouracre]

If you discover that they are not on your side( and if you enjoy them) just take a couple of low-down, strong looking shoots and bury the tops in the soil. Come Autumn and Hey Presto! you will have your very own Tayberry plants.

[jackie j]

Tayberry and loganberry are both derived from crossing blackberries with raspberries. They are different plants but produce almost the same fruit. There are exceptions on both sides but generally the tayberry is thornless and the loganberry has thorns. They both make excellent jam and can be eaten raw but need to be left till the fruit is very dark in colour. The loganberry follows the blackberry as opposed to the raspberry in that when picked the core remains in the fruit. (don't know about tayberry) Hope it gives you a bit more information on identifying your plants.

Ian

Thanks for that explanation, My Tayberries are Loganberries then ( inherited when I got the plot and no labels ) as they have THORNS and the core stays put.

[indigox]

That's odd because I thought it was the other way round, and I just looked in 2 different plant catalogues and they were selling thorny tayberries, and thornless logans.