50 Boysenberries often fill a quart box. 
Boysen berry 
The New Money Maker 
Berries get to be 1 Vi to 2 inches long, 
1 inch thick 
Boysenberry is a sensational new berry. It was in- 
troduced in 1932 in California. It is a cross between 
the California loganberry, raspberry, and blackberry. 
Think of a berry that has a little of each of these fruits 
all in one giant, nearly seedless, beautiful wine-colored 
berry, with a flavor that you will never forget. They are 
sweet and juicy, yet firm enough to stand handling and 
shipping to market. The vines are hardy, have withstood 
temperature of 10 degrees below zero. 
Profitable to Grow 
Whether you are growing berries for market or just a few in 
your garden, it will pay you to get started right now. A dozen 
plants will be plenty for home use. 600 plants will set an acre, 
set 8 ft. by 8 ft. 
Vines start bearing the next year after planting. 
Boysenberry - Price, No. 1, strong-rooted plants: Each 15c, 
10 for $1.25, 25 for $2.50, 100 for $7.50, 1000 for $50.00. 
Blackberries--- 
Jleo&enA 
BLOWERS. Buntings’ plants are the 
heaviest fruiting and best blackberries 
in the world. Very hardy, the berries 
are sweet and delicious, jet black , 
color, good shippers, ripen in July. 
ELDORADO. Another fine quality 
blackberry. Plants are vigorous and 
seldom fail to produce a bumper crop. 
Commercial growers like their ship¬ 
ping qualities. 
FIELD CULTURE 
Plant in rows 7 feet apart with plants set 4 feet apart 
in the rows ( 1,5 5 5 plants to set an acre- at given 
distances). 
Plow a furrow about 5 or 6 inches deep or dig holes 6 inches deep and 6 
inches square. Spread roots, fill hole with soil; firm well. Cut stock after planting 
approximately 2 inches above ground level. Let them grow and the ^following 
spring cut the new growth back one'third, leaving two'thirds of the season s growth 
for production of berries. After they have fruited cut all fruiting canes out and 
burn them. Cultivate occasionally and follow same procedure each year, allowing 
about six to ten canes on each plant to stand for fruiting each season. 
BLACKBERRIES - Prices, No. 1 plants: 10 for 50c, 25 for $1.00, 
100 for $2.25, 1000 for $16.50. 
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