The boysenberry: Napa's gift to the world

The wine industry being the juggernaut that it is today, it’s hard to appreciate that the Napa Valley — the city of Napa, specifically — was once indirectly famous for another berry.

This wasn’t an import from the vineyards of Europe. It was created here in Coombsville. When it received its first splash of publicity, it was touted as the “sensation berry of the twentieth century.”
In 1959, California’s governor, Edmund “Pat” Brown, declared a week’s celebration in its honor. In the southland, Los Angeles chose a young woman to represent this berry at festivals.

We’re talking boysenberry!

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