and in particular, Oregon’s gift to the World of Pie filling - Gentlemen, I give you -
THE MARIONBERRY!
http://localfoods.about.com/od/blackberries/a/About-Marionberries.htm
tac, ig, ken the GFT & The Boys of the Pie Manufacturers, Traders & Appreciation Association of Oregon
mmmmm pie!
(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/noelw/Smilies/Happy%20group.gif)Apricots pie better…lol
Marionberries make good jam too 
Doesn’t seem like anyone outside the PNW knows about these. Let’s keep it that way
Much too good to share with the common folk.
That said, I prefer an apple pie made with Granny Smith apples! Pure nirvana!
Granny Smith apples. That’s what Helen uses for her apple pies too. Nirvana indeed! Her specialty. Don’t let Rooster know or he’ll be crowing around here trying to purloin a piece. 
Of course a marionberry cobbler is nothing to turn your nose up at either.
Huckleberries! Pie, jam and jelly.
Blackberries! Jam, Jelly, and Liquor (sp).
Also SWMBO made Crab apple jelly today as well. mmmm. Think we might be stocked up on toast toppings for a year or two.
