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Boysenberries, Thornless Youngberries, 
Blackberries, Dewberries, and 
Raspberries 
Boysenberry Variety—Regular. 
Youngberry Variety—Acme Thornless. 
Blackberry Varieties—Eldorado and McDonald. 
Dewberry Variety—Lucretia. 
Raspberry Varieties—Latham, Van Fleet and 
Cuthbert. (All red). 
Prices on all of above as follows: 
Collect For Express or Postage: 
10 25 100 500 1,000 
$1.00 $2.00 $4.50 $12.50 $22.50 
Prepaid Prices: 
10 25 100 500 1,000 
$1.25 $2.50 $5.25 $15.00 $27.50 
HOW TO GROW BOYSENBERRIES 
and YOUNGBERRIES 
These berries are vigorous growers and should be set eight 
feet apart in rows eight feet wide, and a wire trellis provided on 
which to grow the vines. Use two or three wires for the trellis. 
They may also be grown on single posts or large stakes. 
They will do well throughout the South, on almost any kind 
of soil that is reasonably fertile and well drained. Like dew- 
berries and blackberries, they seem to reach their best develop- 
ment on a sandy soil with clay sub-soil, although growing and 
producing almost as well on all kinds of soil. 
As soon as all berries are harvested cut out and burn all the 
old canes, as they are through when they bear one crop. The 
canes grow one year and produce berries the next. Cutting them 
owt and burning as soon as they have finished bearing makes 
cultivation easier, and lessens the chance of disease and insect 
damage. Leave the new canes, but thin out the weak and 
broken ones, leaving 6 to 10 of the strongest to grow, for the 
following year’s crop. Tie them to the trellis wire or posts or 
stakes, as this makes cultivation easier. 
Fertilize the new plants as soon as the old ones are cut out in 
order to produce a vigorous growth of the new plants. Use 300 
to 500 pounds per acre of a 4-8-4, 4-8-6 or 6-8-6 fertilizer per 
acre. Scatter along by the side of the plants and cultivate in. 
HOW TO GROW BLACKBERRIES 
and DEWBERRIES 
Blackberries grow best on heavy type soils that are well drain- 
ed. Dewberries prefer slightly lighter soil than blackberries, al- 
though they will grow well on any soils where blackberries suc- 
ceed. Select ground that was well cultivated the previous 
season so as to have as little trouble with weeds and grass as 
possible. A few weeks before setting, break the ground broad- 
‘cast good and deep, then lay off rows 5 to 8 feet apart and set 
the plants 3 to 4 feet apart in the rows. Some set dewberries 5 
feet apart in rows five feet wide, using the stake method of 
training. For blackberries the trellis method is best. Put one 
post for each two or three plants and put two to four wires on 
these posts for the blackberries to climb on. 
_ As soon as the crop is harvested, cut out the old canes, allow- 
ing the new ones to remain and cultivate and fertilize throughout 
summer and fall, Blackberries should be pruned three times a 
year. First, in late spring pinch back the new shoots when 
they are 2 to 2% feet high. This promotes growth of stocky 
canes instead of long, straggling ones. Second, cut out canes 
entirely that bore the recently harvested crop, and thin out the 
new shoots so they will be 8 to 10 inches apart. Third, during 
winter cut out any dead or weak canes, and of those remaining 
cut back te 15 to 20 inches in length. R 
