Tags: Cultivar (Cultivated Variety).
The ‘Marion’ cultivar (Rubus L. subgenus Rubus) or Marion blackberry marketed as About this sound marionberry is an indigenous blackberry developed by the USDA ARS breeding program in cooperation with Oregon State University. It is a cross between the ‘Chehalem’ and ‘Olallie’ blackberries. The marionberry is currently the most common blackberry cultivar accounting for over half of all blackberries produced in Oregon.