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The loganberry, a hexaploid, is generally thought to be derived from a cross between the European red raspberry Rubus idaeus ‘Red Antwerp’ (tetraploid) and the American blackberry Rubus ursinus ‘Aughinburgh’ (octaploid) (Crane 1940). It was accidentally created in 1880 or 1881 in Santa Cruz, California, by the American lawyer and horticulturist James Harvey Logan (1841–1928). It is largely grown in Oregon and Washington in USA. It was introduced to the United Kingdom around 1899. It is cultivated in England and in Tasmania but has escaped and become a weed in Western Australia.
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Lim, T.K. (2012). Rubus x loganobaccus. In: Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4053-2_68
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