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\SPARKLE RED RASPBERRY 
This new raspberry has been growing on the place of Walker 
Ferguson in Escondido, California, for two or three years, its 
parentage being unknown. It is outstanding in flavor and in 
bright, light red color and holds its color on standing whereas 
some raspberries turn dark on standing. We have had them in the 
refrigerator for eight days after bringing them up from Escon- 
dido and they were still firm and in perfect condition and had 
not turned dark. We saw some fresh picked Sunrise raspberries 
at a grower’s place in Covina the day we brought the Spark- 
le berries up and the Sunrise berries were turning soft and 
dark. Sparkle berries have been quick frozen and were still in 
perfect comdition after a year. 
Growing alongside Bonanza the Sparkle berries were larger 
and had four times the yield and brought more in the market. At 
the store they told Mr. Ferguson that the berries were sold be- 
fore he brought them in and that they were the only good rasp- 
berries they ever get. 
At Escondido Sparkle has produced a spring and a fall crop 
with some crop through the summer, whereas Bonanza had only one 
cane with any fall berries. We saw a cane on a Sparkle bush 
planted last January which had over 500 berries on it in June. 
From 24 Sparkle plants Mr. Ferguson picked over 500 baskets 
last year. The canes are vigorous and long and make an abun- 
dance of fruit spurs, with small spines, and the berries are 
easy to pick. 
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Sparkle raspberry plant with over 500 
berries. 
1953, 
Planted Jan. 
photo taken 
June 1953. 
