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valley will raise loganberries if they 
are properly handled, but unless they 
are to be well cared for they had bet- 
ter not be set out at all, as a little 
mismanagement in the work, such as not 
setting them out when the ground is in 
the best of condition, or working them 
at the proper time, will result disas- 
trously and it requires only a few days 
to set them back a great deal. Unless 
one has had experience he should get 
some experienced man to handle his yard 
the first year at least, if he goes into 
the business very extensively. It re- 
quires good judgment to grow loganber- 
ries the same as it does to make a suc- 
cess with an orchard, and as every sea: 
son is different no one rule will work 
every year. 
There is at the present time a great 
and growing demand for canned and 
evaporated loganberries, besides for the 
juice, and as the Willamette valley is the 
most ideal place that can be found for 
their culture it promises well to be one 
of the leading horticultural industries 
here in the future. 
When loganberries are shipped to the 
market fresh they seem to sell best in 
the 24-box double crates. These cost 
about 15 cents each, including crates and 
hallocks. They should be packed with 
care, being careful not to set the top 
boxes on any of the berries in the low- 
er ones so as to bruise them and make 
them leak, as they will present a very 
unsightly appearance when they arrive at 
destination if bleeding much. In pack- 
ing them it is not necessary to face them 
as in strawberries, but see that the boxes 
are well filled and put into the crate 
properly. 
Evaporated berries are packed in one- 
pound paper boxes with 24 or 86 to the 
case, and in bulk in 10, 25 and 50-pound 
boxes. The trade apparently takes to 
them better in bulk than in the one- 
pound boxes. The cost of boxes, waxed 
paper for lining, and labor in packing 
in bulk is about $40 per ton for the 
evaporated berries. 
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 
LOGANBERRY JUICE 
C. I. Lewis, 
Used by special permission of the Pacific 
Ilo.ticultural Correspondence School,  Port- 
land, Oregon Copyrighted, all rights reserved 
No phase of horticulture on the Pacific 
coast has attracted so much comment, 
and favorable comment, the past two 
years, as the loganberry, and the rest of 
the nation has been aroused to the true 
merits of this berry. We are realizing 
that we have a new food, so to speak. 
The merits of the loganberry have been 
realized largely from the fact that it 
could be canned successfully, and made a 
most excellent pie; that it could be easily 
evaporated, and that it made a most ex- 
cellent jelly. Not until recently, how- 
ever, have we realized that probably the 
greatest asset was its juice. 
Loganberry juice is being pronounced 
by experts wherever tried as superior to 
grape juice. We know that a wonderful 
business has been built up in the manu- 
facture of grape juice. It would seem, 
therefore, that a splendid opportunity is 
presented to Pacific coast growers in the 
manufacture of loganberry juice. 
This beverage is very refreshing and 
healthful, easy to manufacture, and easy 
to keep. The organic acids of the logan- 
berry seem to be very largely self-pre- 
servative, much more so than those found 
in any other berry. The manufacture of 
loganberry juice is as yet in the experi- 
mental stage. It is being manufactured 
almost entirely for home use, there being 
but a few firms who are attempting to 
manufacture it commercially, and the 
next few years should demonstrate to us 
the proper technique to employ in the 
manufacture of the juice. 
Experiments will demonstrate the real 
value of the loganberry as a commercial 
asset. 
In considering the loganberry juice I 
would make three divisions: First, bev- 
erages for home manufacture, or to be 
sold in bottles for home consumption. 
Second, a syrup for soda-fountain trade 
in the East. Third, special concentrated 
juices for the use of caterers. 
All three of these fields are very large 
and any one of them could be made to 
use the juice from a large acreage. 
