Nessberry

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English

Noun

Nessberry (plural Nessberries)

  1. 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.