Blueberry is a native of North America which is now grown in some parts of Great Britain. The type which is popular is known as High Bush. This does best in an acid soil where the water table is 20-30 inches below the surface.
Boysenberry's exact parentage of this hybrid is not known but it probably has blackberry, raspberry and loganberry blood in it. The fruit is dark wine in colour and not too seedy. It is more delicious than the loganberry and has a more tender plug or core. It usually takes eighteen months before it starts to grow vigorously but, once the roots get a hold, very strong canes are heavy crops of fruits on long spurs, these being well away from the cane are easy to pick. The boysenberry is very hardy and extremely resistant to drought. Plant the canes 12 feet apart.
The word climbing is of course a little misleading for the variety has no tendrils and cannot climb on its own. It seems to be a strain of remontant, as I have said, with particularly long stolons which produce masses of little plants all the way up. These plants have the power of cropping without actually throwing masses of adventitious roots. Many climbing plants produce 6 lb. each and some have been known to produce 10 lb. The fruits are of good flavour and, or course, may be picked from the climber without bending low. Those with small gardens and the minimum of room may grow the climbing strawberry in 8-inch pots placed on a warm veranda. They may also be trained up wires like cordon apple trees.
Of course, the climbing part of the plant is only annual and has to be cut down in November. The plants, are then fed well in order to encourage new runners to be produced which will climb.
The tree's water-supply may be ensured by providing a deep soil (this may mean draining or breaking cultivation pans) by incorporating humus in the soil, avoiding competition for water in the dry months, the use of windbreaks and. by irrigation. Lack of air supply may result from waterlogging. This may be cured by drainage, which will allow the roots to go deeper and explore a greater volume of soil, thus, paradoxically, improving also the water supply to the tree. Earthworms and decaying roots provide natural air channels.
A good strain of this climbing strawberry is quite a profitable proposition. The plants, if trained up a fence or wall, take up little room and crop heavily. - 16035
Boysenberry's exact parentage of this hybrid is not known but it probably has blackberry, raspberry and loganberry blood in it. The fruit is dark wine in colour and not too seedy. It is more delicious than the loganberry and has a more tender plug or core. It usually takes eighteen months before it starts to grow vigorously but, once the roots get a hold, very strong canes are heavy crops of fruits on long spurs, these being well away from the cane are easy to pick. The boysenberry is very hardy and extremely resistant to drought. Plant the canes 12 feet apart.
The word climbing is of course a little misleading for the variety has no tendrils and cannot climb on its own. It seems to be a strain of remontant, as I have said, with particularly long stolons which produce masses of little plants all the way up. These plants have the power of cropping without actually throwing masses of adventitious roots. Many climbing plants produce 6 lb. each and some have been known to produce 10 lb. The fruits are of good flavour and, or course, may be picked from the climber without bending low. Those with small gardens and the minimum of room may grow the climbing strawberry in 8-inch pots placed on a warm veranda. They may also be trained up wires like cordon apple trees.
Of course, the climbing part of the plant is only annual and has to be cut down in November. The plants, are then fed well in order to encourage new runners to be produced which will climb.
The tree's water-supply may be ensured by providing a deep soil (this may mean draining or breaking cultivation pans) by incorporating humus in the soil, avoiding competition for water in the dry months, the use of windbreaks and. by irrigation. Lack of air supply may result from waterlogging. This may be cured by drainage, which will allow the roots to go deeper and explore a greater volume of soil, thus, paradoxically, improving also the water supply to the tree. Earthworms and decaying roots provide natural air channels.
A good strain of this climbing strawberry is quite a profitable proposition. The plants, if trained up a fence or wall, take up little room and crop heavily. - 16035
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