BOYSENBERRIES— ACTUAL SIZE 
IMMENSE SIZE 
It will take from 120 to 
160 youngberries or 200 
or more blackberries to 
fill a pint basket. 60 to 
80 Boysenberries will 
do it. In California the 
Boysenberry has pro¬ 
duced 13000 pounds to 
the acre. 
COST OF PICKING 
Cost of picking cut in 
half because berries are 
produced in large clust¬ 
ers of immense berries 
on long stems that 
stand away from the 
canes. 
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CITY LOTS 
usands of city lots 
lying idle, eating 
emselves up with 
xes, which might be 
rned into profit if 
they were planted to 
Boysenberries. Looking 
after them would af¬ 
ford exercise and real 
pleasure to the office 
worker. Special cul¬ 
tural instructions will 
be given to such grow¬ 
ers so that they may 
be sure of success. 
Some Astonishing Facts About the New Boysenberry 
The new Boysenberry is such an im¬ 
provement over all other vineberries that 
berry growers in California, where it 
originated, are destroying hundreds of 
acres of other vineberries and replacing 
them with this amazing new berry. The 
reason is evident: 
1. VERY HARDY. 
A United States government experi¬ 
mental station advised under date of 
March 10th that the Boysenberry stood 
the extreme low temperature of last 
wnnter as well as any other bramble and 
much better than most when the ther¬ 
mometer went to 10 degrees below zero. 
They also expressed the opinion that this 
berry appeared to be so extremely hardy 
that it should thrive in southern New 
England states and such states as Ohio 
and Illinois. 
A Boysenberry planting in northeast¬ 
ern Oklahoma during the past winter 
was not killed when the thermometer 
went to 15 below zero. This new member 
of the bramble family is very hardy. It 
is recommended, however, that in ex¬ 
tremely cold sections, canes should re¬ 
main on the ground for the first winter 
and be mulched with straw. 
2. DROUGHT RESISTANT. 
In Arkansas and Oklahoma there are 
Boysenberry plantings that were not 
damaged by the intense heat and drought 
of the past summer, while other brambles 
were absolutely killed. 
3. IMMENSE PRODUCTION 
AND PROFIT. 
Ted Moss, Mentone, Calif., has made 
affidavit that he set out 100 Boysenberry 
plants spring of 1935 and made from this 
planting $311.10 by June 30, 1936. 100 
plants will set out 1/10 of an acre. There¬ 
fore, this was at the rate of $3111 per 
acre. 200 plants may be set out on the 
average city lot. Any person in a com¬ 
munity who has the foresight to plant 
out an acreage of these berries and be 
first in their community to do so, should 
make ar* immense profit. 
4. IMMENSE SIZE. 
There is no trick photography in the 
pictures on this circular. These pictures 
were taken with the rule beside them 
and were enlarged proportionally. There¬ 
fore, they are actual size. Some Boysen¬ 
berries have actually been found nearly 
214 inches long and the four portrayed 
at the bottom of this page were part of 
18 that filled an 8 ounce box and weighed 
nearly 11 ounces. 
5. COST HALF AS MUCH TO PICK. 
Pickers in large plantings of these 
berries are delighted to pick them at half 
the price that is paid for other berries, 
because berries are so immense, grow in 
large clusters on long stems so that 
thorns do not bother pickers. 
6. LONG SEASON. 
Picking season is from 8 to 10 weeks. 
The berry really has a tendency toward 
everbearing, since in warmer climates 
some berries have been picked as late as 
February. 
7. DELICIOUS FLAVOR. 
The Boysenberry has a distinctive 
flavor, altogether different from any 
known berry. Fifty-two ladies question¬ 
ed on one day, after tasting it, said that 
its flavor was somewhat suggestive of 
the raspberry. 
8. VERY SWEET. 
If the Boysenberry is permitted to re¬ 
main on the vine until it is fully ripe it 
is much sweeter than any other vine- 
berry. When eating fresh, no sugar is 
necessary because it has a very high 
sugar content. 
9. SEED. 
The seed are very small and very few 
in comparison to other berries. Eight lbs. 
and 4 ozs. of juice can be extracted from 
10 lbs. of berries. 
10. TENACIOUS. 
Many berries when they become dead 
ripe will fall from the vine very quickly. 
This is not true of the Boysenberry. 
When dead ripe it will hang many days. 
11. USES. 
No vineberry can compare with its de¬ 
licious flavor when it is made into jelly, 
jam, marmalade, or canned. In addition 
to this, it makes a most excellent foun¬ 
tain drink by adding four times water 
and a little sugar. Those ice cream 
makers who have tried it in sherbet im¬ 
mediately found it to be the very best 
seller. 
These Berries Selected. Average Size 1 Inch in Diameter and li In. Long 
THESE FOUR BERRIES WERE PART OF 18 THAT WEIGHED 11 OUNCES. 
