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BETTER FRUIT 



May, 1 9 19 



Loganberry Coming Berry for the Northwest 



By J. P. Aspinwall, Brooks, Oregon 



I BELIEVE the loganberry is the com- 

 ing berry for the Pacific Northwest 

 to grow and for the world to use. 

 One of the great features of the logan- 

 berry is that it is adaptable to so many 

 purposes, all of which are profitable 

 to the user. There is no berry that 

 lends itself more generally to by- 

 products purposes and the various 

 drinks manufactured from its juice 

 are admitted to be the finest fruit-juice 

 drinks placed on the market. In 

 affording the loganberry grower part 

 at least of his income from this berry 

 the manufacture of its juice into bev- 

 erages is assuming large proportions. 

 For jelly, jams and in other forms 

 that it is now being so extensively 

 used by the by-product plant or can- 

 ner the loganberry has few, if any, 

 equals. 



The loganberry ripens at the same 

 time of the year as the native black- 

 berry of Oregon and is the heaviest 

 producer, where the vines are given 

 the proper attention, of any of the 

 berry family. The first loganberries 



are ready to pick from about the 20th 

 to the 25th of June and the picking 



lasts from five to six weeks of steady 

 work. Coming at this time of year the 

 loganberry is less liable to be hit by 

 frost than the strawberry and it comes 

 at just the right time to secure pick- 

 ers. By the 20th of June summer has 

 arrived and city people are commenc- 

 ing to think of going to the country 

 for their annual outing. The city 

 schools are also generally out by this 

 time, making it possible to get a much 

 larger force to help harvest the crop. 

 In many instances whole families 

 come to the loganberry fields, where 

 they get six weeks of good, healthy 

 outdoor labor as well as make quite 

 a substantial income. 



In the near future the planting of 

 the loganberry will be very extensive, 

 and present indications are that it will 

 prove to be one of the largest factors 

 in the small-fruit business in the 

 Northwest. Now that its excellence 

 has become so generally known the 

 demand for the loganberry has come 

 to stay. 



Preparing for a Busy Seasoii 



A busy institution in the fruit in- 

 dustry just now are the various plants 

 of the Northwest Products Company 

 located at Salem, Oregon. In addition 

 to its factory for manufacturing and 

 bottling the well known fruit-juice 

 drinks, "Loju" and "Phez," made from 

 loganberries, and "Appleju," made from 

 apples, this company has recently 

 established a large plant for the making 

 of jams, jellies and preserves. Rasp- 

 berries, blackberries, strawberries and 

 cherries will be used in large quanti- 

 ties at the new plant as well as tons of 

 apples and other fruits. In order to 

 handle the increased output this season 

 the company is installing an additional 

 battery of cookers, bottling equipment 

 and other apparatus. In addition to the 

 plant at Salem the Northwest Products 

 Company will operate a juice-pressing 

 plant at Woodburn, and expects to 

 receive shipments of fruit from 

 many points throughout the Willamette 

 Valley. 



Gathering the Loganberry crop on the Aspinwall place at Brooks, in Willamette Valley, Oregon. 



