Jen wrote:
> "Puester" > wrote in message
> ...
>> I was wandering through our local King Soopers (Kroger) over the weekend
>> and saw pies on sale. We had finished the last of the Thanksgiving pumpkin
>> pie and thrown out the last of the chocolate bourbon pecan (ick), promising
>> ourselves NO MORE DESSERTS till Christmas.
>>
>> I glanced casually over the display and saw...Marionberry pie! I have
>> never had marionberry anything, but remember a number of ex-PNW friends
>> raving about them, so I caved and bought the pie. It was exceptional,
>> especially with the leftover whipped cream which I had fortunately
>> forgotten to throw away.
>
>
> I've never heard of marionberries. Do they have another name as well?
> Maybe us Ozzies know it as something else.
>
> Jen
>
>


I thought I had heard they were a hybrid, and local to the U.S. Pacific
Northwest but I didn't know much else about them.

Go to:

http://www.marionberries.com/home.htm

for an explanation.

gloria p