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Red Raspberries 
From Spring Until Fall 
California Surprise —This is the earli¬ 
est, the finest flavored, and one of the 
most productive raspberries for south¬ 
ern California. The crop starts ripening 
about May first and lasts until June 
15th. The fruit is medium sized, very 
juicy and rich flavored. As the early 
bird catches the worm, so also, the early 
raspberry brings the high price. Many 
thousands of dollars worth of California 
Surprise are marketed on our local mar¬ 
kets each spring before other varieties 
are ripe. 
Before the Surprise are all gone the 
Cuthberts are starting to ripen. The 
commercial raspberry acreage in south¬ 
ern California is pretty evenly divided 
between these two varieties, which to¬ 
gether make up about 90% of the com¬ 
mercial acreage. If you are located in 
southern California and are going to 
grow red raspberries for the markets we 
recommend that you divide your main 
planting between these two varieties and 
that you try a smaller amount of the 
newer varieties. We especially suggest 
you plant a few Lloyd George. 
Plant all of the varieties of red rasp¬ 
berries two feet apart in the row and 
space the rows six feet apart. 3000 
plants per acre. 
Because this is a very early variety, 
we do not advise it for planting in the 
north or east. For the growers in the 
southern states, who are still searching 
for a red raspberry, adapted to their 
conditions, we believe this is the most 
likely variety to try. 
Prices—Prepaid—-Each 10c, 10 for 80c, 
25 for $1.50, 50 for $2.50, 100 for $3.50, 
1000 for $25.00. 
Cuthbert Raspberries 
Cuthbert. (The fruit of this variety 
is called Cassberry on the L. A. market.) 
For the main, mid-season crop, this va¬ 
riety is grown by the commercial grow¬ 
ers in Southern California in preference 
to all other varieties. With proper care 
it bears an abundant crop. The fruit is 
sweet, very large, firm, and of fine flavor, 
and the fruit is borne in very large clus¬ 
ters. It is strictly a one crop variety 
which bears heavily through its season 
(June and July) and stops. It is a strong, 
upright grower. We set out a patch of 
Cuthberts last February and by Septem¬ 
ber they were seven feet high. The 
fruit keeps fine, stands handling and 
hauling wonderfully, looks good and sells 
well. Altogether it is our best mid-sea¬ 
son raspberry, both for the commercial 
grower and for home use. Plant 2 feet 
apart in rows 6 feet across; 3000 plants 
per acre. 
Prices—Prepaid—Each 10c, 10 for 80c, 
25 Jfor $1.50, 50 for $2.50, 100 for $3.50, 
1000 for $25.00. 
Ziatham —A new variety that is becom¬ 
ing very popular in the east. It is 
larger than any of the other raspberries 
we have been growing in the west. It 
is replacing other varieties of raspber¬ 
ries in many sections of the east, and 
may do so here, we have not had it long 
enough to say yet. At any rate it is a 
very large, fine flavored berry, and a 
promising variety that warrants your 
trial. 
Mr. H. Keeker, of Wasco, reports hav¬ 
ing good success with his Latham rasp¬ 
berry plants from us. This is good news, 
for most varieties of raspberries have 
not been altogether satisfactory in the 
San Joaquin Valley. Commercial grow¬ 
ers who have already tried this berry 
are already ordering more plants. It 
brought highest prices on the Los An¬ 
geles market during the 1935 season. 
In southern California it has not pro¬ 
duced as heavy crops as the other va¬ 
rieties described in this catalog. But the 
growers feel amply repaid for its lack of 
production by its size and the prices 
received. 
Each 10c, 10 for 80c, 25 for $1.50, 50 
for $2.50, 100 for 3.50, 1000 for $25.00. 
Write for quantity price. 
Lloyd George —The largest red rasp¬ 
berry grown. This variety was recently 
introduced into the U. S. from England, 
by the New York Fruit Testing Associa¬ 
tion. It is a heavy yielder. The fruit is 
of the highest quality and is borne in 
immense clusters. 
If planted in February it produces 
some fruit the first summer and fall. 
The cavity left when the berry is picked 
is smaller than in other varieties which 
makes the fruit heavier. The flesh is 
very juicy and the seed is small. It is a 
wonderful berry for home use and for 
local markets but of too fine quality to 
be a good shipper. In order to get maxi¬ 
mum size of both the fruit and the clus¬ 
ters the ground should be kept rich and 
well watered. 
The Lloyd George bears a good spring 
crop and then in September and October 
it bears quite a good second crop on the 
new canes. As this catalog goes to press 
(October) we are picking $5.00 to $6.00 
worth of Lloyd George every day from 
a little patch of about half an acre. We 
believe this berry is showing up better 
close to the coast than inland in Cali¬ 
fornia. For making raspberry jam it is 
the best variety we have ever seen. There 
are fewer seeds in proportion to the pulp. 
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