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GEM EVERBEARING STRAWBERRY 
This is an old time everbearer, an excellent berry which does 
well in California, as well as elsewhere. It has a good red color, 
good size and good subacid flavor, bearing a heavy early crop of 
Hea ia firm berries, and continuing with a lighter crop up to 
rost. 
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KAYBERRY 
“The Cultivated Berry with the 
Wild Ninwligiey lcras” 
The Kayberry is said to have originated in Washington, a cross 
of the wild blackberry X Loganberry. The berries look very much 
like the wild blackberry in shape and color, but are HUGE, often 
growing 2% inches long. Kayberries retain the small seedd and soft 
juicy core of the wild blackberry, and like it they freeze well, 
holding both the shape and flavor. 
Kayberries produce abundantly and for a long season, making them 
highly desirable either for commercial growing qa for the home gar- 
den. At times a 10-pound flat of berries has been picked at a 
single picking from one vine. Berries ripen in early summer and 
continue for three months or until cold weather prevents their 
ripening. The berries are firm and stand up well in shipping and in 
the fresh fruit market. Unlike the large hard thorns of the Tree 
Blackberry, Kayberry thorns are small, much like those of the 
Boysenberry. 
Kayberries are ideal for pies since they hold the juice in the 
berry and do not become too tart ‘in cooking. They make delicious 
jam and jelly, and “set’’ without any added pectin. 
Plants are set out 8 to 10 feet apart in rows 6 to 8 feet apart, 
depending on type of cultivator. Because plants spread out and re- 
quire considerable moisture, crowding is to be avoided; unless, as 
in a small garden, plants can be assured of ample moisture and 
fertility. 
WHAT USERS SAY OF THE KAYBERRY: 
Mrs. Wickman’s Home-Made Pies, Seattle: “Kayberries are delicious, 
different, delightful. Our customers are pleased with their wild 
blackberry flavor and are demanding more and more....Kayberries 
are unique in the berry field and their future is assured.” 
Frederick & Nelson, Seattle: “...regarding the result of our exper- 
iments with this berry...the Kayberry was a very outstanding and 
delicious berry. The flavor, we thought, was superior to any of 
the common berries such as loganberries, raspberries, etc. We 
tried the berry in pies, cobbler and sherbet and each of these 
items was very delicious.” 
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