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WHAT IS THIS BOYSENBERRY? 
We are very happy to offer to our customers the new Boysenberry. 
We have been in the commercial berry business for 15 years, and 
have 50 acres in all the best varieties grown in this section. The 
Boysen is by far the finest and most profitable berry we have ever 
had on our place. We introduced Youngberries to California growers 
ten years ago. We, as well as those growers who bought plants 
from us, made money with Youngberries for the first five or six 
years, because the Youngberry was finer than the dewberry, Logan¬ 
berry and blackberry we were then growing. Now we are offering 
you the Boysenberry which is as superior to Youngberries and other 
berries, as the Youngberry was superior to the dewberry and 
Loganberry ten years ago; in fact, it is a better money maker than 
the Youngberry ever was, even when the Youngberry was new. 
Cash Returns Are What We Work For 
This past summer (1935) we sold at our roadside market $1737.50 
from a measured acre of Boysenberries. These were sold retail. From 
the rest of our field of Boysenberries, which were sold at wholesale, 
the returns ran from $900.00 to $1100.00 per acre, according to the 
production on different acres. We had four acres in bearing this 
summer and will have 20 acres fruiting next summer. 
Throughout the whole season Boysenberries sold readily for nearly 
double the price we received for blackberries, Youngberries or dew¬ 
berries. We are making money with Boysenberries, and we know 
that you will, and that is why we are so pleased to offer you the 
plants. 
They are just as easy to grow as blackberries or Youngberries. 
They produce a larger crop, not because there are more berries, but 
because each berry is so much larger. 
The fruit sells for more the first time because it looks so fine, and 
it sells for more the next time because the customers like them so 
well that they will take nothing else. 
Bigger Crops and Higher Prices 
On Sunday, July 27, 1935, we sold at retail at our roadside market, 
151 trays of Boysenberries, at two baskets for 25c, or $1.40 per tray 
and these berries were on display alongside of fine blackberries 
and Youngberries, which were selling at half the price. Also we 
were selling fine raspberries and strawberries at considerably lower 
prices than the Boysenberries. We sold on that day as many Boysen¬ 
berries as any two other varieties. While this was our largest days' 
sales at our roadside stand, this proportion of Boysenberries sold 
and the higher price received continued through the entire season. 
We urge you to plant this very superior berry, now, while it is 
new and the markets are not oversupplied. You will make money, 
and make it quickly, for these berries bear a good crop the year 
/oJJov.'ingr pJ-aratingr. This is a v&ry acceptable time to make money 
for we all seem to have a lot of places to use it following so many 
years of depression. The 1935 fruit season was the most profitable 
season we have ever had and it was the Boysenberries that made 
it so. 
Plant Boysenberries. Be the first in your community to have them 
on the market. And let us suggest that you order your plants early. 
Last spring, we returned 600 orders unfilled because we ran out of 
plants. This season we have a much larger supply of plants and 
also a much larger demand for them. A small deposit will hold the 
plants for you until you are ready to have them shipped. 
We prepay the shipping charges, and guarantee the plants to 
arrive in good condition. 
Best wishes, 
KNOTT'S BERRY PLACE, 
BUENA PARK, CALIFORNIA. 
PRICES: 1936 
Each .$ .25 
10 for.2.00 
100 for. 15.00 
1000 for . 125.00 
Much information and complete cultural instructions in our 1936 
catalog. 
Plants will be ready after January 1, and should be planted as 
early as your climate will permit. 
If interested in berries write for our 1936 catalog which will con¬ 
tain much information on this and many other fine varieties of 
berries we grow. 
What Some of Our Customers Say: 
“The Finest Fruit We've Ever Had in Our Store" 
Anaheim, California 
July 25, 1935 
Knott's Berry Place, 
Buena Park, Calif. 
Gentlemen: 
We wish you to know how pleased we are with the Boysenberries 
we have handled this year from your place. When you called our 
attention to them at the beginning of the season, we were rather 
hesitant about starting to use them because they were priced so 
much higher than other varieties of berries. And as you will remem¬ 
ber, the first day we took only one-half crate, and as these sold 
readily, the next day we sent for a crate. The following day it was 
two crates, and so on until we were using as many as five crates 
per day. 
Our business has built up on Boysenberries right along through 
the season and, when we could get all we wanted, it has been hard 
to sell other kinds of berries although they were much cheaper. 
As ours is the only store in town featuring Boysenberries, we find 
that our regular customers are telling their neighbors about them 
and that we are having quite a number of new customers coming 
to us because we have Boysenberries. It is quite an advantage to 
be able to have something that is not obtainable elsewhere. 
We certainly thank you for calling our attention to this berry. It is 
the finest fruit of this kind that we have ever had in our store; it 
looks good, keeps well, and not only sells well the first time, but 
always brings repeat sales. 
We hope we can make the same arrangement with you for han¬ 
dling Boysenberries again next year. Thank you. 
Very truly yours, 
(RED <S WHITE STORE) 
(Signed) Mostyn Koehler. 
Thanks U3 for Selling Him Plants 
Cypress, CalitornTcT' 
August 22, 1935 
Dear Mr. Knott: 
We just finished picking our Boysenberry crop yesterday. Last 
night, after totaling the income from the 250 plants, you so kindly let 
us have last year, we find it amounts to $360.00. The 250 plants oc¬ 
cupy only one-quarter of an acre. We have been delighted with 
these berries throughout the season, this being the first fruiting sea¬ 
son for them. 
When we paid you $50.00 for the 250 plants, we thought the price 
was rather high. But this season's sales have convinced us that the 
high priced Boysenberry plants have made, by far, greater net profits 
than other varieties which cost much less. 
Not only have we done fine with the sale of the fruit, but have 
orders for all of the plants that we can possibly be able to spare this 
season. 
We certainly thank you for selling us plants of this wonderful 
berry while it is new. The returns from this fruit, together with the 
anticipated sale of plants, will be a big help to us this year, and 
next year we will have two acres of Boysenberries fruiting. 
(Signed) JAMES COLE. 
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FOR HOME USE 
A few Boysenberry plants will be the joy of your garden. Look closely at these pictures 
and measure these berries. You will enjoy fruit like this and you will have something to 
show your friends. You will agree with us in saying they are the finest berries you have 
ever tasted, either fresh, canned, in jams, jellies or pies. You will be proud of your 
Boysenberries. Plant 6 feet apart in rows 6 feet across. You will be surprised at the berries 
you can get from 10 plants, which cost as little as $2.00, delivered to your door. 
BOX OF BOYSENBERRIES 
These Boysenberries are ACTUAL SIZE, but are selected berries and are larger than average. (The average Boysenberry is about V / 2 ins.) 
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