Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-02-28


puted by some. that the Loganberry i
a cross between our wild blackberry an
the red raspberry The berry sontain
the acid and tartness of the blacxberr.
and the flavor, eoler and the swectnes
of the raspberry. The better .xrOwl
this berry becomes the wider dissr.bu
tion We are having for it. We are q
present receiving numerous letter
from people who live in different see
ti0ns OF the United States ana Canads
asking where they can get these plant
and whether they can be grown in sec
tions from where the inquiry comes.
Ia reply 10 these questions Logan.
berry culture has usually been discour-
aged ia all districts except Wesferr
Oregon and Western Washington. As
perhaps You all know Salem, Oregon,
has become the center OF the Logan
berry culture as well as the best mar
ket in the world for this fruit Gov
ernment agents have been investigating
this berry in the Salem district as well
as others and these agents have re-
ported that the Loganberry has come
70 stay and Is one of the greatc5t ber-
ries that is produced 1t is a great
yielder and blooms so late that frosts
very seldom has affected this crop. 1t
begins to ripen about July LIST and con-
tinues to bear its fruit continuously. for
from four to six weeks. depending
upon The amount of moisture that the
ground win contain throughout the
bearing season. In order to conserve
this moisture, these berries should be
cultivated with a spring tooth hafrow
or some other kind of eultlyator and
snlvothed down with q drag after each
picking Of the berries. The lrag or
surfacer serves two purposes. one to-
conserve the moisture, the other pur-
pose makes 1t convenient for thu berry
pickers TO walk over the smooth
ground The average yield Of these
berries with all kinds of cultivation.
some vineyards tended in fine shape
and others scarcely cultivated az all, Is
about two and one half tons per acre.
The best Yields around Salem navel
been as high as five tons per acre butl
this Is unusual and we think from
NpiNN :" 'hAcS anu oht-1ldll tons rs
ABOUT the maximum quantity erownI
py the most up to date growers One
OF the pecularlties of this fruit seems
TO be that where the italian prune
grows you will also find the Logan
oerr! III lts perfection
USES
There are four different ways Of
handiins the Loganberry. The first
coilinerelal use OF the Loganberry was
'hat OF canning. They are canred in
the same manner as any other berry
Is canned We are Informed that can
heu i.ogahDerries are becoming more
popular each season They nre easily /
ana cheaply handled by the cannery /
sor ihe reason that very little labor is
at'nehed to the preparation OF this
irui.' because the stems do no. cling
10 'he perry as is the case with the
strawpefry' the cannery men furnishl
,he creates ana the growers delivers
the Quantity picked each day. taking
paeN win MN enough empty crates 70
'"Ne care OF the next picking. II. wasF
soon iounu that the cannerles could
io' consume al the Loganberries that
WV "'ins pf"uhoed ana II became
n'N,9eais 10 MAKE it'Vesusatiohs ana
ian' some othef use or method OF
h"'i''''ile Losahperries'
% the seeol'u use or method OF
hanui'ns came INTO existence. This
wts me DRIED Berry We soon found
,nat ,i,, sections IKE Minneapolis. Duluth.
Nhliilpek' Inc lhkotas, and Western
,al''l"a were good markets for the /
i''''n i'osahoerfy ana large Quantities
were "fle" 80 many ~ fact that in