SUGGESTIONS FOR 
GARDEN GROWERS 
If Possible, Select Mature Plants 
An application of nitrate of soda has been applied to thousands of tip rooted plants. Immediately following the application, the irrigation 
system is put into operation so quick chemical action may take place at once. For the production of fine plants on a large scale, irrigation 
is essential. 
Since the planting of the average 
garden grower requires only a few 
plants to occupy the space avail¬ 
able, more mature plants are gen¬ 
erally selected. 
The finest among these, of course, 
are the PARENT Plants—GENU¬ 
INE Boysenberry plants from the 
original Boysenberry Plantation in 
California, now acclimated and 
over three years old. Transplanted 
early, these plants should be full 
bearing although some set back 
may result from moving from one 
location to another in the spring 
Next in line are the full iavo year 
old plants which, in reality, are 
two and a half years of age. Last 
summer, thorough emphasis was 
put upon their root development. 
-With cane growth cut back unT 
about September 1st, the plants are 
vigorous—ready to commence un¬ 
limited growth for their new own¬ 
er. While these plants will not 
yield many berries this season, the 
plants should be equal in size next 
Fall to our fine strong Parent 
plants and full bearing. 
If one is willing to wait longer 
for development, Strong No. 1 two- 
year transplants or No. 1 tip-root¬ 
ed plants may be used successfully. 
In the small garden plantings, the 
plants may be spaced as close to¬ 
gether as six by six using the gard¬ 
en fence or the side of the garage 
foi trellising. The Boysenberry 
may be used to hide the view of 
the alley as it is not only fruitful 
but has a very dense foliage as well. 
COMMENCE WITH AS LARGE A 
PLANTING AS POSSIBLE 
THIS SPRING 
If financial conditions improve 
in the Fall, follow up with even a 
larger planting at that time. In¬ 
crease commercial Boysenberry 
plantings as speedily as possible. It 
takes time for plants to mature, so 
delays are expensive. 
purchase tips. Like small livestock 
of a registered herd of cattle, tip- 
rooted plants grow into money for 
their owner. 
When taking into consideration 
its ultimate possibilities, an early 
planting of the California Boysen¬ 
berry, even at today’s rather high 
prices for mature plants is a very 
economical investment. The init¬ 
ial cost of a planting is very nomi¬ 
nal considering the profits derived 
later on. 
Accept no substitution for the 
GENUINE Boysenberry. The first 
year’s operation is very economical 
so do not be “Penny Wise and 
Pound Foolish” in an investment 
as important as the purchase of 
GENUINE Northern-Grown Boy¬ 
senberry plants. 
We are a specialist with the Cal¬ 
ifornia Boysenberry in a Northern 
climate and we have a source of 
information unequalled by any oth¬ 
er grower East of Oklahoma. From 
this fine stock, domestic and com¬ 
mercial growers in forty-three 
States have found our stock strictly 
as represented. 
In addition, we are continuing to 
experiment and work with the Cal¬ 
ifornia Boysenberry in a Northern 
climate. Any new information re¬ 
sulting from our intensive work will 
be released “free of charge” to our 
customers. We are at your service 
always for Successful Boysenberry 
Growing. 
VISITORS 
WELCOME 
BOYSENBERRY PLANTATION, 
LAPEER, MICHIGAN, is located in 
the city limits of Lapeer, % mile 
south of Hotel Barrett and 1/3 
mile east, on the south side of the 
road. 
Plant the Boysenberry 
For Tourist 
Trade 
The average tourist is an inquis¬ 
itive person. Always looking for 
something new, willing to pay ex- 
orbicam prices to taste tne unusual 
and anxiously seeking for “some¬ 
thing or other” to take home, he 
lives the “Life of Riley” while it 
lasts. 
Install a sign “Boysenberries 
Growing Here” or “Fresh Boysen¬ 
berry Pis For Sale” and your road¬ 
side stand will be the most talked- 
about place on the highway and 
the best patronized. 
If you own a farm and the neigh¬ 
bor next door has the neat little 
roadside stand or restaurant, here 
is a real opportunity. In California 
fresh Boysenberry pies sell at fifty 
cents each and they can’t make 
them fast enough. 
In the beginning, it was the pop¬ 
ularity of the Boysenberry among 
the tourist trade on the Pacific 
Coast that made the Boysenberry 
the most profitable berry of all 
times for not only was the Boysen¬ 
berry the most prolific yielder of 
any variety but the greatest in de¬ 
mand. 
If you live on a well traversed 
highway, make your planting this 
season. Advertise early. Let your 
community know you have Boysen 
berries growing. Even install a 
sign, if you like “A Full-Bearing 
Plantation Next Year.” Make high¬ 
way passengers remember you are 
a grower of the California Boysen¬ 
berry. You will have customers on 
your doorstep when the first berries 
ripen. 
1940 Price List «« 
10 No. 1 Tip Rooted Plants . $ 1.50 
50 No. 1 Tip Rooted Plants . 4.00 
100 No. 1 Tip Pocted Plants...... 3.00 
200 No. 1 Tip Rooted Plants . 15.00 
500 No. 1 Tip Rooted Plants . 27.50 
1000 No. 1 Tip Rooted Plants . 50.00 
10 Strong No. 1 Two-Year Transplants $ 2.50 
50 Strong No. 1 Two-Year Transplants 8.75 
100 Strong No. 1 Two-Year Transplants 17.50 
Each Additional Hundred . 17.50 
SPECIAL—435 Tip Rooted Plants (enough for 1 acre planting) $25.00 Prepaid 
Full Two-Year-Old Plants—75c, $1.00, $1.50 each 
Full two-year-old plants, clipped, fertilized and irrigated—now thoroughly developed for strong cane growth and WITH PROPER CARE 
SHOULD BECOME FULL BEARING PLANTS FROM NEXT SEASON ON. 
NOTE — For the small garden grower or those contemplating small commercial plantings, we consider these plants the 
best BUY on the Plantation. They are large enough to ghe growers actual experience with the Boysenberry. 
Parent Plants—$3.00 Each 
One GENUINE Boysenberry plant from the original Boysenberry Plantation in California, now acclimated and over three years of age—A 
PARENT PLANT. (Only 5 sold to one individual). 
NOTE—The prestige of Boysenberry Plantation, Lapeer, Michigan, has been built upon its very choice PARENT stock— 
the original stock from which all other propagations are made. 1000 of these lovely PARENT plants will be retained in 
inventory so there is less than 100 PARENT plants for sale this spring. 
ORDER EARLY 
If interested in mature stock an order should, be placed immediately with a small deposit down. Disappoint¬ 
ments may come to those who wait. A 20% deposit will hold any order for Spring shipment. 
With the exception of the “SPECIAL” order, all orders are F. O. B. Lapeer, Michigan 
PRICES RELEASED BY 
BOYSENBERRY PLANTATION 
LAPEER, MICHIGAN 
“IVe Sell the Nation America's Finest Genuine Northern-Grown Boysenberry Plants” 
Hobby For Home 
Lovers 
Everyone should have a hobby 
if you want to live to ripe old age 
and look youthful at ninety. If 
you are one who can roll up you" 
sleeves and like digging around in 
die dirt, Boysenberry growing is 
just the thing after a hard day’s 
routine at the office. 
An ideal trellis can be made out 
of the garden fence. If this is oc¬ 
cupied by shrubbery, the Boysen¬ 
berry may be trellised on the ga¬ 
rage. In California, Boysenberries 
grow on garden fences for they are 
ornamental and the foliage is so 
dense, it keeps the neighbors from 
“peeping through.” 
Privacy is a great thing in life 
and so is Boysenberry growing. It 
offers an outlet to the individual 
who would like to try his luck at 
“Growing Something.” With a lit- 
de practice, he can become adept 
in the trellising of the Boysenber¬ 
ry. If he is inclined toward artis¬ 
tic finishes, he can use some of 
his “stored-up energy” along this 
direction. 
To make plants uniform through¬ 
out is the key to success in. good 
Boysenberry growing. The layman 
can find pleasure and education in 
testing his own soil with one of the 
soil testing kits containing enough 
chemicals to make several analyses. 
This is fun in itself and you should 
try it some time. In fact, Boysen¬ 
berry growing on a scientific scale 
is no “slouch of a job.” Try perfect¬ 
ing a small planting for yourself. 
If you do the job well—you may 
become interested commercially. 
Growers With Poor Soil 
Should Not Postpone 
Plantings 
Get Plantings Under Way While 
Improving Soil Conditions 
It is not necessary for a prospec¬ 
tive grower with a poor soil to 
postpone a Boysenberry planting 
this season. If the soil is not ready 
this Spring, prepare it for a Fall 
planting. There is ample time to 
improve soil conditions, before a 
Boysenberry plant reaches matur¬ 
ity. Most soils, unless very poor, 
are good enough in which to com¬ 
mence the growth of the plant sn 
with proper care, a planting can be 
developed as soil conditions are 
improved. 
Natural manure provides humus 
in the soil and it is for this reason, 
in particular, that Boysenberry 
Plantation, Lapeer, Michigan keep 
a fine herd of Registered Hereford 
cattle. By applying a fertilizer 
with the proper analysis, practical¬ 
ly any condition of soil deficiency 
can be remedied within a compara¬ 
tively short time. 
The Boysenberry requires no par¬ 
ticular soil different from that of 
any other berry except that it is a 
heavier feeder of fertilizer. Sand, 
clay, a good loam or even muck, if 
properly drained, make ideal soils 
for its cultivation. As a Boysen¬ 
berry planting grows into maturity, 
adopt the practice of improving 
soil conditions. 
H o w A Specialist 
Develops the 
Transplants 
Boysenberry growing is a spe¬ 
cialty business. Just as the pro¬ 
ducts canned and juiced from the 
Boysenberry are specialties highly 
commercialized, so does the work 
of developing fine Northern-Grown 
plants require the services of a spe¬ 
cialist. 
The development of Strong No. 
1 two-year transplants is an inter¬ 
esting example. Selecting Strong 
No. 1 tips, we transplant in a soil 
especially fitted for excellent root 
development. After the plants are 
well established, we practice a 
routine at regular and frequent in¬ 
tervals of fertilizing, irrigating, cul¬ 
tivating and cutting the canes back 
to six inches above the crown of 
the plant. By this method, strong 
root systems are developed in a 
minimum space of time. 
The Strong No. 1 two-year trans¬ 
plants are highly recommended for 
commercial plantings. 
Rotogravure Section o f 
Detroit News May 
Encourage New 
Growers 
In the December 3rd issue of The 
Detroit News, Rotogravure Section, 
is a pictorial article entitled “She 
Gave Up City Life to Farm.” 
For those who are inexperienced 
in the culture of the Boysenberry, 
this article may offer encourage¬ 
ment. Only four years ago, this 
soecialist of the California Boysen¬ 
berry in a Northern climate was a 
pioneer in this new vocation. 
At that time, there was no infor¬ 
mation available on the growing 
of the Boysenberry in a Northern 
climate. All of my experiments 
had to be conducted at my own ex¬ 
pense and in the beginning it was 
very questionable whether or not 
the Boysenberry would grow in 
Michigan. 
Now, with a source of informa¬ 
tion unequalled by any other grow¬ 
er in the Eastern part of the Unit¬ 
ed States, inexperienced growers 
today have only to follow instruc¬ 
tions and proceed. It is now a 
proven fact that the California 
Boysenberry will grow in a North¬ 
ern climate and produce prolifi- 
cally. 
Commercial Growers 
Should Plant Now 
At the present time, commercial 
growers cannot plant too quickly 
nor too large an acreage for maxi¬ 
mum returns on the California 
Boysenberry. 
The demand for the Boysenberry 
is the Middle West and the East 
has established markets for its pro¬ 
ducts which cannot be supplied for 
a long time to come. If every pros¬ 
pective grower this year doubled 
his acreage; the market, even then, 
would be scarcely touched by com¬ 
petition for as more people taste 
the Boysenberry so is the demand 
for its products automatically in- 
| creased. 
