bakeapple

Definitions

noun creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries

Supposedly from French "baie, qu'appelle" which roughly translates as "what's the name of that berry".

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The cloudberry is known as the bakeapple in Atlantic Canada.

The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
At L'Anse aux Meadows, we learned the origin of the name bakeapple: the French called these berries baie qu'appelle.

Archive 2008-06-01 2008
The cloudberry is known as the bakeapple in Atlantic Canada.

The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
The cloudberry is known as the bakeapple in Atlantic Canada.

The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
They chose a colour called bakeapple jam as the interior accent, setting off the red ochre picked to match the building's extra-large "fatboy" bricks, which were originally carried as ballast from England.

The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed 2009
I got the chance to use my latest naturalist knowledge: identifying the cloudberry, which the locals called "bakeapple".

Archive 2008-06-01 2008
The Newfoundlander thought the Frenchmen was telling him the berries’ name, so it became known as the bakeapple.

The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
The Newfoundlander thought the Frenchmen was telling him the berries’ name, so it became known as the bakeapple.

The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
The Newfoundlander thought the Frenchmen was telling him the berries’ name, so it became known as the bakeapple.

The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
Blueberries (very close relative of huckleberry) and bakeapple berry (a.k.a. cloud berry).

Favorite wild berry? 2009