Just part of one Boysenberry vine. Can you imagfine how much fruit you 
will gfet from a row in your g'arden, or how many crates of top-price 
berries an acre will produce? Let us tell you about it! 
BOYSENBERRIES ARE MONEYMAKERS 
In 1932 we secured the few plants 
there were in existence of a new berry 
that Mr. Rudolph Boysen, Superintendent 
of Parks of Anaheim, California, had 
propagated by crossing Loganberries, 
raspberries, and blackberries. They grew 
wonderfully and in 1933 we realized we 
had the berry we had been looking for 
all of these years. 
locality, and they last 
several weeks after 
Youngberries are gone, 
which means that we 
finish picking here in August. It is ab¬ 
solutely the largest bush or vine berry 
that we have ever seen. In color the fruit 
is identical with Youngberries, but it is 
more highly flavored and is less seedy. 
This very superior new variety has 
been named BOYSEN BERRY in honor 
of Mr. Boysen. 
Trial plantings made in various parts 
of the world came through the winter 
without damage. Orders for Boysen¬ 
berry plants are coming in from all parts 
of the United States and many foreign 
countries. Even though we have 42 acres 
in production and will have a fine sup¬ 
ply of plants this season we hope you 
will order early as many of our plants 
are engaged before this catalog goes to 
press. 
BXFBBIBNCB HAS TAUGHT US 
We have been right here in the com¬ 
mercial berry business for 18 years, and 
are perhaps the largest individual pro¬ 
ducer of berries in California: so we are 
very familiar with all phases of berry 
growing and marketing. The past three 
crops of Boysenberries were so much 
more profitable than other kinds that 
our new plantings are being made prac¬ 
tically all Boysen. 
The vine is very similar to the Young- 
berry, except the cane growth is more 
vigorous and the fruit spurs, that grow 
m the spring from each leaf joint on 
the main canes, average about two 
inches longer, thus the berries project 
well away from the vines, making pick¬ 
ing very easy. There are more berries 
per spur than with Youngberries and 
the berries are much larger and ripen 
more slowly. It should be grown on a 
trellis four or five feet high. The fruit 
starts ripening about ten days after 
YoungV)erries, or about .lune first in this 
MOBB CROP 
The Boysenberry is exceedingly pro¬ 
lific. 
Last summer, our best field of Young¬ 
berries produced 14,000 half-pound bas¬ 
kets per acre (7,000 lbs.) Our best field 
of Macatawa blackberries produced 15,- 
000 half-pound baskets per acre (7,500 
lbs.) Our best field of Boysenberries 
made 11,500 one-pound baskets per acre 
(11,500 lbs., nearly six tons). And SUCH 
BERRIES. 
MOBB MONBY 
In 1927 when Youngberries were first 
introduced we sold $1520.00 from an 
acre. Try as we could we were never 
able to beat this record with any variety 
until we got the Boysenberry, which has 
beaten it several seasons for selected 
acres sold at retail. 
BBSS COST 
The surest way to know the compara¬ 
tive size of different varieties of berries, 
is to take an average basket, as they 
come in from the field, count the berries 
required to make a pound. This was 
done many times at our place last sum¬ 
mer, by all interested parties. The re¬ 
sults were Boysenberries, 55 to 65 
berries per pound; Youngberries, 90 to 
100 per pound, and the different varie¬ 
ties of blackberries average from 120 to 
160 per pound. U. S. Dept, of Agriculture 
describing the Boysenberry says: “Under 
favorable conditions 50 of the largest 
berries All a quart basket.” Think what 
this means in cost of harvesting; in 
yield, and in salability! 
Prices Prepaid—Bach 25c, 10 for $1.50, 
100 for $8.00, 1000 for $50.00. 
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