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English
Noun
Nessberry (plural Nessberries)
- Alternative letter-case form of nessberry.
1930, United States Department of Agriculture, Office of Experiment Stations, “Horticulture”, in Experiment Station Record, volume 63, Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, published 1931, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 444:Among 442 seedlings obtained by crossing Nessberries with other varieties there were some which did not possess the objectionable adherent calyx.
1955 April 2, “Fruit for Northeast Resembles Loganberry”, in Science News Letter, volume 67, number 14, Washington, D.C.: Science Service, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 217, column 3:Resembling the loganberry of the West, the new fruit is a cross between raspberries and blackberries. It was developed because other hybrids of the berry family, such as loganberries and Nessberries, do not survive in the Northeast.
1976, F[red] R[obert] Brison, “Texas”, in W[illiam] H[arold] Upshall, editor, History of Fruit Growing and Handling in United States of America and Canada 1860-1972, University Park, Pa.: American Pomological Society, →LCCN, →OCLC, section I (Development of Fruit Growing in the American States and Canadian Provinces), page 133:During this period he [Helge Ness] made two outstanding and historic contributions to Texas horticulture. One was the pioneering work in crossing dewberries and raspberries to produce Nessberries.