Tayberry

The Taybeere (Rubus fruticosus x idaeus, Eng. Tayberry ) is a 1962, the gaming berry fruit. It was named after the Scottish river Tay.

Botanically it is a cross between a blackberry and raspberry. Tayberries in 1962 bred by Derek Jennings and David Mason at the Scottish Scottish Crops Research Institute in Invergowrie in Scotland. Tayberries are relatively resistant to the cold, which is why they are valued in Scotland. The plant is similar in shape to the blackberry and how this has about 4 m long, studded with fixed spines on tendrils. Your collecting fruit similar to that of raspberry, it is, however, longer and runs down to conical.

The harvest takes place from mid-July. The fruits have a distinctly sour taste and therefore less than fresh fruit, but rather in jams, fruit sauces, other fruit preparations or in fruit mixtures are used.

In Scotland, it is estimated that Taybeere mainly because it is robust and winter. Tayberries are low-fructose fruits, and are therefore usually tolerated with fructose malabsorption.

The Williams Bros Brewing Co, Alloa (Scotland ) brews from Tayberries, malt and hops a Roisin known beer.