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Nelson Boysenberries
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More than half the world's boysenberries are grown around Nelson, a single New Zealand region quietly supplying most of a fruit many people have never even seen growing on a vine.
Boysenberries — a dark, tart hybrid of blackberry, raspberry and loganberry — ripen through summer on vines around Nelson and Motueka, sold fresh at roadside stalls and pick-your-own orchards, or pressed into juice, jam and ice cream across the region.
Why it's made this way: Nelson's climate turned out to suit boysenberries so well that local growers now produce more than half the world's supply, making the berry as central to the region's food identity as its neighbouring hop and wine industries.
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