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. 
CITY LOTS 
Thousands of city lots 
are lying idle, eating 
themselves up with 
taxes, which might be 
turned 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. BOYSENBERRY PROVES HARDY 
The following article, written by Mr. 
Sidney Cates, was copied by permission 
of “The Country Gentleman.” You may 
find it on page 39, August number, 1936. 
“The Youngberry last winter, which 
should have borne this summer, were 
killed right down to the ground. Boy¬ 
senberries planted alongside, however, 
came through without a sign of damage. 
The temperature went down as low as 
17° lelow zero. So apparently the Boy¬ 
senberry is going to be safe from cold 
at least well up in the Corn Belt.” 
Under date of March 10th we were ad¬ 
vised by a United States government ex¬ 
perimental station that at 1014° below 
zero Youngberries and other brambles 
were frozen but the Boysenberry was not 
damaged. We were also advised this 
plant seems ■ to be sufficiently hardy to 
stand the climatic conditions of the 
southern New England states. New 
York, Ohio, Illinois, and similar states. 
We have not heard of a single instance 
where the Boysenberry was killed by the 
unusual cold weather we had last win¬ 
ter. It is our opinion this marvelous 
bramble is as hardy as the ordinary 
blackberry. We do not know just how 
much cold this very hardy plant will 
stand but we advise that in extremely 
cold sections the canes be allowed to re¬ 
main on the ground for the first winter 
and covered with straw. 
2. DROUGHT RESISTANT. 
We have been advised that several 
plantings of Boysenberries in Arkansas, 
Tennessee and Oklahoma stood the 
severe drought last summer, more than 
100 days without rain, while all other 
brambles around them were 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 an 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 
2 V 2 inches long. 
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 aro 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. 
12. FREEZE 
If you do not sell all your berries 
fresh take them to the nearest cold stor¬ 
age plant and freeze them down. Bakers, 
ice cream manufacturers, hotels and 
restaurants will pay a big price for 
them during the winter. 
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