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tummelberry, n.|ˈtʌməlˌbɛrɪ|
[f. the name of the river Tummel in Tayside, Scotland + berry n.1]
A dark purple soft fruit produced by crossing the tayberry with another hybrid of raspberry and blackberry, and introduced in Scotland in 1984; also, the plant bearing this fruit. Cf. tayberry n.
1984D. L. Jennings in Ann. Rep. Scottish Crop Res. Inst. 1983 80 A new blackberry × raspberry hybrid ‘Tummelberry’ is announced. The Tummelberry resembles Tayberry, from which it is derived, but differs from it in flavour and ripening season. 1986Grower 7 Aug. 30/2 The Tummelberry, bred by crossing the Tayberry with one of its sister hybrids from the same cross, is an offshoot of the Tayberry, just as the river Tummel is a tributary of the river Tay. 1986Sunday Tel. 21 Sept. 12/8 The tummelberry..has conical fruits like the tayberry, but is shorter and with a sharper flavour. 1988D. MacCarthy Prodfact 1988 252 The main role of the tummelberry will be to provide an extension of the season for fruits of this type as it resembles the tayberry in many respects. |