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White Corn
White corn is a sweet corn variety. Its ears are wrapped in tightly layered pale lime green to white husks. One ear of corn can contain up to 400 kernels growing in rows lengthwise.
Rainbow Swiss Chard
Rainbow chard, also known a 5-color silverbeet, is a tender chard variety with multi-colored stalks of yellow, white, orange pink and red.
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Seasons/Availability
The season is very short on these berries, available the first couple weeks of June every year.
Current Facts
The Ollalieberry is an aggregate fruit of the genus Rubus, within the rose family. It has a battery of ancestors that contribute to its complex origins, growing abilities and it's characteristic. It is a cross between a blackberry a loganberry and a youngberry, of which both the loganberry and the youngberry are hybrids that were developed by berries that were cross-pollination with raspberry. This may sound complicated and perhaps it is. The Ollalieberry is no ordinary berry, rather a unique bramble creating a whole better than the sum of its parts.
Description/Taste
The Ollalieberry has the initial appearance of an elongated blackberry, its skin tone a glossy onyx with ruby highlights. Like its parent blackberry, it has no hollow center, rather its stem end closed as it remains intact when picked. The Ollalieberry is balanced in flavor, both sweet and perfectly tart, tender and juicy. As it is with most berries, its coloring will stain upon touching. The Ollalieberry's fragility when ripe make for a shortened shelf-life.
Applications
With their perfect balance of sweet and tart, Ollalieberries make superior pies and jams, tarts and ice creams. Blend them into smoothies and milkshakes, or fold them into muffins and coffee cakes. Cook down into a sweet compote to top cheesecake or ice cream. Highly perishable, use immediately upon purchase.
Ethnic/Cultural Info
"Olalli" comes from the Northwestern Native American's word for berry. Hence, when translated, Ollalieberry equals berry berry.
Geography/History
The Ollalieberry was developed by George F. Waldo in 1949 for the U.S. Department of Agriculture at the Oregon State University. Though it was developed in Oregon, the more temperate coastal regions of California proved to be more suitable growing regions for the Ollalieberry plants and thus, it is primarily cultivated throughout Northern and Central rural areas. Ollalieberries are a very small production fruit crop compared to the common red raspberry and blackberry but they have a home in summer farmers markets and their ability to withstand soil and plant diseases make them a choice bramble to plant in home gardens.
Recipe Ideas
Recipes that include Ollalieberry. One
is easiest, three is harder.
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Seasons/Availability
The season is very short on these berries, available the first couple weeks of June every year.
Current Facts
The Ollalieberry is an aggregate fruit of the genus Rubus, within the rose family. It has a battery of ancestors that contribute to its complex origins, growing abilities and it's characteristic. It is a cross between a blackberry a loganberry and a youngberry, of which both the loganberry and the youngberry are hybrids that were developed by berries that were cross-pollination with raspberry. This may sound complicated and perhaps it is. The Ollalieberry is no ordinary berry, rather a unique bramble creating a whole better than the sum of its parts.
Description/Taste
The Ollalieberry has the initial appearance of an elongated blackberry, its skin tone a glossy onyx with ruby highlights. Like its parent blackberry, it has no hollow center, rather its stem end closed as it remains intact when picked. The Ollalieberry is balanced in flavor, both sweet and perfectly tart, tender and juicy. As it is with most berries, its coloring will stain upon touching. The Ollalieberry's fragility when ripe make for a shortened shelf-life.
Applications
With their perfect balance of sweet and tart, Ollalieberries make superior pies and jams, tarts and ice creams. Blend them into smoothies and milkshakes, or fold them into muffins and coffee cakes. Cook down into a sweet compote to top cheesecake or ice cream. Highly perishable, use immediately upon purchase.
Ethnic/Cultural Info
"Olalli" comes from the Northwestern Native American's word for berry. Hence, when translated, Ollalieberry equals berry berry.
Geography/History
The Ollalieberry was developed by George F. Waldo in 1949 for the U.S. Department of Agriculture at the Oregon State University. Though it was developed in Oregon, the more temperate coastal regions of California proved to be more suitable growing regions for the Ollalieberry plants and thus, it is primarily cultivated throughout Northern and Central rural areas. Ollalieberries are a very small production fruit crop compared to the common red raspberry and blackberry but they have a home in summer farmers markets and their ability to withstand soil and plant diseases make them a choice bramble to plant in home gardens.
Recipe Ideas
Recipes that include Ollalieberry. One
is easiest, three is harder.
