Proven Berry Plants r / KNOTT’S BERRY PLACE < < Trees and Vines 
PICKING BOYSENBKBKIES 
One of our greatest problems last summer was keeping* our pickers satisfied. 
They all wanted to pick Boysenberries and we couldn’t blame them. 
especially well irrigated during the pick¬ 
ing season, once a week is about right 
on most soils. 
We prefer to let the vines grow on 
the ground the first summer and we put 
them up on the trellis just as the leaf 
buds start opening in the spring. The 
trellis can be put up any time during the 
winter at your convenience. As the canes 
grow this first season they should be 
pushed back in line with the rows so 
that you can irrigate and work between 
the rows. If it is inconvenient to let the 
vines grow on the ground, the trellis 
can be built early in the spring and the 
vines can be wound on it as they get 
long enough. The vines should not be 
trellised in bunches, but should be 
spread out over as much surface as pos¬ 
sible on the trellis. 
When the crop is all picked, the old 
canes that have borne fruit should be cut 
off the trellis and back to the ground and 
30x100 FEET. INCOME $245.00 
This is Mr. William Robinson and his 
backyard berry patch at Bell Gardens, 
Bell, California. This plot of ground is 
30 feet by 100 feet. The picture was 
taken during the 1937 fruiting season, 
and this little plot of ground produced 
307 fiats of berries, which at average 
prices of 80c a flat, netted $245.00. 
Do you pay to have the weeds cut off 
your vacant lots, or do they bring you 
an income? 
burned. By that time the new canes, 
which are your fruit wood for the next 
season, will be several feet long, and these 
new canes are allowed to grow on the 
ground until the following spring and are 
then put up on the trellis at the end of 
the dormant season as before. 
Each season shortly after the canes 
are trellised up, and just as the leaf buds 
start opening (usually early March), the 
vines should be sprayed with lime-sul¬ 
phur solution mixed at the rate of one 
part lime-sulphur to ten parts of water. 
More complete directions for spraying 
on pages 31 and 32. 
Be liberal with your Boysen berries 
and they will do a lot for you. 
Wherever in this catalog we mention 
a variety needs ample irrigation, of 
course we are referring to districts 
where irrigation is necessary. These 
same varieties will thrive without irri¬ 
gation where other varieties of berries 
do. In fact, the Boysenberry has proved 
much more drouth resistant than most 
other varieties. 
Boysenberries—Maple Valley, Wash. 
This field produced a fine crop last 
summer which sold for $4.00 per crate. 
Mr. Geo. Brehm, the owner, is an en¬ 
thusiastic Boysenberry booster. This is 
a money-maker for the northwest. 
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