Proven Berry Plants i i KNOTT’S BERRY PLACE i i Trees and Vines 
Fruit Trees and Grape Vines 
We are berry specialists, and are glad 
to ship berry plants anywhere. We do 
not ship trees and grapevines, as we 
feel that you can buy these more satis¬ 
factorily from your local nurseryman. 
The expense of packing trees and grape¬ 
vines for shipment is so great that very 
likely your local nurseryman can sell 
them to you just as cheaply, and pos¬ 
sibly cheaper, than we can pack them 
and ship them to you. 
If you live within reach of our nur¬ 
sery, we will be glad to supply you with 
fruit trees, walnuts, grapevines or other 
plants. Both the quality of our stock 
and our prices will appeal to you. 
Berry Baskets 
We buy our berry baskets by the car¬ 
load, ordering them in the fall so that 
the mills can make them up during the 
dull winter season, and in this way we 
are able to make you very attractive 
prices. 
In ordering baskets be sure to men¬ 
tion whether you want eight-ounce or 
twelve ounce baskets and whether you 
wish them shipped by freight or express. 
Strawberries are all put up in twelve- 
ounce baskets, and nearly all the bush 
berries are put in the eight-ounce size. 
There are still a few growers who put 
blackberries in the larger baskets during 
the part of the season when the prices 
are cheapest. We are using eight-ounce 
baskets for all varieties of bush berries 
and find that the berries carry better, 
keep better and sell for a little more 
money when packed this way. 
Prices —The prices quoted for baskets 
are f.o.b. here. State whether you wish 
them shipped by express or freight. 
Very best grade wood baskets with tin 
top: 
These are prices for our 1935 season. 
Our catalog went to press this year be¬ 
fore the basket factories have establ¬ 
ished prices for 1936. We will be very 
glad to quote you prices on request. 
Little, if any, change in price is antici¬ 
pated at this time. 
12 oz. size, per 100.$ .60 
12 oz. size, per 1000. 4.00 
8 oz. size, per 100.50 
8 oz. size, per 1000. 3.75 
8-oz. baskets weigh 35 pounds per 1000. 
12-oz. baskets weigh 50 pounds per 1000. 
MARKETS—VARIETIES and their relationship 
Every week we receive several letters 
asking: “What is the best berry for me 
to plant? Should I plant just one kind, or 
several?” 
Now, these questions cannot be intelli¬ 
gently answered without a great deal of 
information as to your location; plans for 
marketing and the amount of time you 
have to devote to your berries. For in¬ 
stance, if you have a business or occupa¬ 
tion that takes most of your time, and 
you have a piece of land that you wish to 
turn into a profit with a minimum amount 
of labor, you should plant only one variety. 
In this event you should choose a large 
berry, one that is easy to grow and 
pleasant to pick—and one that will sell 
readily if you desire to do so. Boysenberry 
is our suggestion for this situation. But, 
if you are starting a berry business to 
occupy most of your time, and especially 
if you wish to sell at retail and to build up 
a retail outlet for what you grow, you 
should plant as many kinds as you can; 
always keeping in mind that the principle 
planting should be of the varieties most in 
demand, most profitable and in money as 
well as in building up your retail sales. 
This gives you a LEADER and makes 
your retail market different from the 
average farmer who just offers what he 
may happen to have. And by having an 
assortment of varieties, you will have 
something to sell every customer who 
stops. 
Also, by having different varieties you 
prolong your harvest and marketing sea¬ 
son, which is an advantage, as it gives 
you a longer time in which to dispose of 
your crop and reduces the payroll per- 
sonel. 
Here is still another angle to look at 
when deciding on varieties. If you raise 
berries for a cannery, or to ship to some 
wholesale market, it is usually best to 
stick to one variety. Or at least, to a very 
few fine varieties particularly adapted to 
your soil and climatic conditions, and in 
which you can become very proficient. It 
is unprofitable to scatter energy over too 
many kinds. 
Our suggestion in deciding whether to 
plant one or a number of varieties, first 
consider that which best fits your market¬ 
ing set-up. Other plans should be scrutin¬ 
ized closely in making a choice—how 
much time will you devote to berries? A 
little time and thought devoted to selling 
your crop is as important as time spent in 
actually growing it. 
If you are in a good location for retail¬ 
ing your berries, of course, they bring 
more money sold at retail than if sold at 
wholesale. It usually costs more and takes 
more time to maintain a retail sales place 
or to deliver directly to the consumer, 
than to sell wholesale. 
It is up to you to weigh these advan¬ 
tages and disadvantages in deciding which 
you wish to do. 
Many of us sell both wholesale and 
retail. 
We receive many letters asking 
for information that is given more 
completely on pages 23 to 27 than 
it is possible to do in a letter. We 
are always glad to hear from you 
and to answer questions, if we 
can, but you will save time and 
effort if you will see first if the 
answers are here. 
If you have berries we believe 
you will find enough information 
in this little catalog to make it 
worth keeping. 
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