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too sensitive to cold to be grown in the East. The fruit is valuable in 

 the fresh state as well as in the canned and dried forms. 



Boysenberry 



Boysenberry (Boydsenberry ) , a result of crosses of the loganberry, 

 raspberry, and blackborry, is rapidly gaining favor with the canning 

 industry on the Pacific Coast. Although it was released for public sale 

 only in 1935, the Boysenberry is being planted in the warmer bramble- 

 growing sections. It does not seem to be popular in the northeastern 

 area because of its tender growth. Being very prolific and bearing one 

 of the largest berries of its type, it is worth trying in the home garden. 



COMMUNITY STUDIES 



1. Determine from the census and other available figures the impor- 

 tant areas in the United States and in your own state for growing the 

 fruits described in this section. What are the factors that have deter- 

 mined these areas? 



2. Which of these fruits are grown commercially in your community? 

 What in your opinion are the reasons? 



3. Visit several growers. Determine: 



a. Market served. 



b. Soils, and management before planting. 



c. Preference as to site. 



d. Varieties and source of plants — whether certified. 



e. Planting plan and distances — number of plants per acre. 

 /. Time of planting. 



g. Method of planting. 



h. Cultivation practices. 



i. Use of fertilizers — what, when, how? 

 Cover crops — kinds, amounts, time of sowing. 



k. Fruiting habits. 

 I. Method of pruning and training. 

 m. Insects and diseases — eradication or control methods. 

 71. Yield second year — third year — mature plantations, 

 o. Source and type of pickers — number needed, 

 p. Management of pickers — method of payment. 

 q. Field picking practices — containers, carriers, crates, handling 



of fruit, 

 r. Method of marketing. 

 s. Returns. 



