jostaberryとは 意味・読み方・使い方

The jostaberry is a complex-cross fruit bush in the Ribes genus. The scientific name is variously Ribes nidigrolaria, or Ribes x nidigrolaria, or Ribes x culverwellii, or Ribes nigrum x uva-crispa. It is commonly described as a cross between the blackcurrant and the gooseberry, but it is the result of a more complex breeding program initiated by Erwin Baur at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Plant Breeding Research in the early 20th century. Its ancestry also includes a species of wild gooseberry, Ribes divaricatum. The name Jostaberry was created via combining the German words for blackcurrant and gooseberry, namely Johannisbeere ("Jo") and Stachelbeere ("Sta"). Following German pronouncation of "J", it may be pronounced "yostaberry" in English. The bush was first made available to the public in 1977. A number of varieties have been developed since then by various developers.