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[Chris Garriss <cgarriss@garriss.net>]

Quite a number of the chain grocery stores around here (North Carolina)
sell Dickinson's Marion Blackberry Preserves.  Oddly enough, some of the
"super" Walmarts carry it, which I thought very odd.  I became quite
"addicted" to marionberries while out in Oregon, and this preserve is
actually quite good.  The Dickinson web page is at
http://www.dickinsonsfamily.com/default.asp

Chris

On 04.04.2009 17:56 Ginda Fisher spoke thusly:
> Speaking of which,  if anyone knows good sources to taste berries via
> mail order (most likely that'd mean jam) please share.
>
> I'm interested in 
> Marionberry (blackberry)
> Cascade (blackberry)
> Taylor (raspberry)
> and all the wild blueberry relatives out in the Pacific NW.
>
> On Apr 4, 2009, at 5:42 PM, Betty Mayfield wrote:
>
>> To the list,
>>
>> I decided to order a jar of Marionberry jam to sample the flavor, but
>> found that the 12-oz. jar cost $3.95, but shipping and handling was
>> $14.68. Whoa! That's far too much to test the flavor of a berry. As a
>> comparison, first class mail for 12 ounces at 42 cents per ounce
>> would be $5.04. Of course one has to allow  a little extra for the
>> glass jar and packaging, but $14.68 seems pretty extreme.
>>
>> I'm afraid most of their sales will be limited to the Gervais area in
>> Oregon's Willamette Valley.
>>
>> Betty Mayfield
>>
>> At 08:34 PM 4/3/2009, you wrote:
>>> Pardon.  That was aimed more at Betty or others close enough to go
>>> to Bauman's.
>>> -Lon Rombough
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>>> On Apr 3, 2009, at 6:01 PM, Ginda Fisher wrote:
>>>
>>> They might sell that stuff in their shop, but over the internet they
>>> only sell jam and syrup.
>>>
>>> Ginda
>>>
>>> On Apr 3, 2009, at 2:18 PM, Lon J. Rombough wrote:
>>>
>>>> Here's a place you can visit now, get frozen Marionberries, and
>>>> also freshly made pies.  They grow their own, so you'll be able to
>>>> get unadulterated fruit.  And you can get several other kinds of
>>>> berries.  http://www.baumanfarms.com/
>>>> -Lon Rombough
>>>> *NEW grape pruning video: http://www.bunchgrapes.com/dvd.html View
>>>> a short, low resolution clip here: *
>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q58zFY0B1M
>>>> Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, *The Grape Grower, *at
>>>> http://www.bunchgrapes.com  Winner of the Garden Writers
>>>> Association "Best Talent in Writing" award for 2003.
>>>> For all other things grape,   http://www.vitisearch.com
>>>> A video about The Grape Grower :
>>>> http://cookingupastory.com/index.php/2008/04/18/the-grape-grower/
>>>> On Apr 3, 2009, at 11:00 AM, Betty Mayfield wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Scott,
>>>>
>>>> My only encounter with Marion berries has been with pie in a
>>>> restaurant, and I found them to have no distinctive flavor. However,
>>>> since Michael said people have been mixing inferior berries in with
>>>> them and passing them off as Marion, it may be that my piece of pie
>>>> was mixed berries. I know Cascade are too tender to ship commercially.
>>>>
>>>> I guess the only real way to make sure of what you are getting is to
>>>> grow them yourself.
>>>>
>>>> Betty Mayfield
>>>> northwest Oregon
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> At 04:36 PM 4/2/2009, you wrote:
>>>>> Betty, I also tried some of the Cascade berries from Raintree.  They
>>>>> were not hardy enough, and they were not as flavorful as my Marions.
>>>>> But they did have a unique refined taste that I liked a lot.  If they
>>>>> were hardy in my zone I would want to grow them.  I still have a
>>>>> couple left that are still alive but have been dying back nearly
>>>>> every
>>>>> winter.
>>>>>
>>>>> Scott
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