BAKER NURSERIES 
NEW BOYSENBERRY 
CURIOSITY 
In California where the Boysenberry has been offered for sale for 
a few summers, had you been pas*sing the fields of those lucky growers 
who had them, when they were ripe, you would have thought they 
were holding an old time camp meeting. Hundreds of people came 
from many miles around in order to see, taste, and purchase this 
marvelous berry right in the fields at two or three times higher price 
than that for which other vineberries were selling. 
TRELLIS 
Vines grow much better if left on the ground and merely trained 
in straight rows. This does not give the sun an opportunity to burn 
your vines nor the wind a chance to break them to pieces. Do not 
put vines on trellis until they commence to bud or about February or 
March, just before they start to set your crop. Trellis should consist 
of two wires, No. 14 gauge, 20 inches apart. 
FERTILIZATION 
There is nothing better for fertilization than barnyard or chicken 
manure. However, you may carefully use any kind of fertilizer that 
is high in nitrogen. 
CULTURE 
If you will set our Boysenberry plants very early you may have a 
few sample berries the first season, but your big crop will come the 
following summer. 
CULTIVATION 
Berry vines are shallow rooted. Therefore, deep and frequent cul¬ 
tivation merely tears to pieces the roots which cost good money to 
develop. It has been found that about the only cultivation necessary, 
to most soil, is to remove weeds. We would suggest that you plant 
them in rows say 8 feet wide, and 4 to 6 feet within the drill this 
will take about 1,360 plants to the acre. 
RESERVE NOW 
There have now been reserved more plants that were sold up to 
January 1st last season and if you desire to plant the Boysenberry 
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