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Black Raspberries 
BLACK RASPBERRY 
For many years it has been thought 
by most growers in Southern California 
that the black raspberries would not 
grow here. It is true that our climate 
is not nautrally suited to their growth 
and that they do not grow and bear as 
profusely as Youngberries and blackber¬ 
ries do, but it is also true that the ber¬ 
ries will sell for just about double the 
price of most other berries, so that the 
grower does not have to get nearly so 
large a crop to rrtake just as much money. 
AVe would not advise anyone going 
into the berry business to make their 
whole planting black raspberries, but we 
do believe that the berry grower who 
plants none is not taking advantage of 
all of his opportunities. 
The blackcaps do best on good strong 
land, and need plenty of water and 
a reasonable amount of manure or 
other fertilizer. Heavy land is usu¬ 
ally better than our lightest soils 
unless the light soils have been 
built up to a high 
state of fertility. 
They should not be 
planted on soils 
that contain much 
alkali. 
If your soil and 
water conditions 
are such that you 
can supply these 
simple require¬ 
ments it will pay 
you to grow some 
blackcaps. If you 
sell your berries 
wholesale there is 
always an insist¬ 
ent demand for the 
fruit and if you 
retail your berries 
customers will 
come a long ways 
for your black 
raspberries and 
will buy other va¬ 
rieties while there. 
Cumberland —W e 
have been growing 
this variety here 
for 11 years and 
have built up quite 
a reputation for 
fine blackcaps with 
it. Our customers 
come from as far 
as San Diego and 
Santa Barbara and 
come back year 
after year. The 
Cumberland is 
probably the most 
widely grown black 
raspberry in the 
United States and 
in many sections it 
is the standard by 
which other varie¬ 
ties are described. 
Of the old standard 
varieties we believe 
it is the best you 
can plant. The fruit 
is large, of fine ap¬ 
pearance, tastes 
good, keeps well, 
and sells well, and 
of course, produces 
reasonably well, or it would not be so 
largely grown. 
Prices Prepaid—Bach 15c, 10 for $1.00, 
25 for $2.00, 50 for $3.00, 100 for $4.00, 
1000 for $30.00. 
AVrite for quantity prices or prices 
f.o.b. here. 
Munger —This is a newer variety and 
is the finest blackcap that we have ever 
tried here. The bushes are larger and the 
fruit is larger and finer than any other 
variety we have ever tried. Our new 
plantings will be Munger, for it seems 
to be better adaped to our climatic con¬ 
ditions than other kinds. In 1933 Mr. 
James Cole of Cypress, Calif., got Mun¬ 
ger blackcap plants from us and last 
summer (1934) he sold from nineteen 
rows 250 feet long a little over $500.00 
worth of berries. These were all sold 
wholesale and his average price was 
$1.20 per tray of twelve baskets. If you 
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