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Logan berry (lat. Rubus loganobaccus) - a very peculiar hybrid of blackberries with raspberries, often called ezhemalin or Logan berry.
Description
Logan's berry is a rather interesting octaploid hybrid, bred as a result of crossing the well-known blackberry with raspberry. This is an extremely ornamental crop, which is a sprawling compact shrub with graceful arcuate curved and thornless shoots, the length of which can reach two meters.
The flowering of the logan berry can be admired from mid-June until the end of summer. At the same time, its flowers do not look like the usual raspberry flowers - they are painted in delicate pinkish tones and very much resemble chamomile flowers clustered in miniature brushes. The first berries ripen in August, and the last time the harvest is harvested in October or in November, before the onset of frost.
If we compare the logan berry with blackberries or raspberries, then it boasts much greater frost resistance, much less susceptibility to various ailments, larger berry sizes and more stable and impressive yields with more solid volumes.
Origin story
The Logan Berry was bred purely by accident by James Harvey Logan, an American lawyer and breeder, in his own garden in California. At first, his goal was to cross several blackberry varieties in order to obtain a more commercially attractive species. However, in the end, it turned out that several varieties of blackberries growing near common red raspberries underwent cross-pollination.
The hybrid obtained as a result of a coincidence of circumstances not only successfully adapted to the existing conditions, but also surprised with truly incredible productivity. But consumers did not particularly like its taste, and therefore this hybrid was further used for numerous hybridization experiments, but already in the form of a parent plant.
Application
Logan berry is consumed in the same way as raspberries or blackberries. It is eaten fresh (most often this is what happens), jam or compotes are made from it (compotes with apples, gooseberries and currants are especially good), and they also make wonderful jelly.
The organic acids contained in these bizarre fruits help to activate metabolism, suppress putrefactive processes in the gastrointestinal tract and boast an excellent diuretic and powerful choleretic effect. Such berries will be excellent helpers with poor appetite, with regular indigestion or poor digestibility of food, as well as with systematic constipation, exacerbations of gallstone disease and all kinds of troubles with the digestive system. This berry also has a beneficial effect on the cardiovascular system - the potassium included in its composition is endowed with a pronounced calming effect and the ability to normalize the heart rate and remove excess fluid from the body.
This unusual berry also holds the record for magnesium content and is very rich in folic acid.
Contraindications
There are practically no contraindications to the use of such berries, only allergic reactions or individual intolerance are possible.
Growing and caring
Logan's berry is grown on strong trellises, and its reproduction occurs by seeds or rooting tips of annual shoots.
