Boy, Oh, Boysenberry!

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The Great Depression
(1929-1945)
Farm

Boy, Oh, Boysenberry!

Boy, Oh, Boysenberry!

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	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grades 4 to 6
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	4.14

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	challenging words:		boysenberry, loganberry, syrupy, economic, breed, raspberry, layer, jobs, health, drips, flourish, blackberry, history, lived, dying, missing
	content words:		Walter Knott, Southern California, Great Depression, Rudolph Boysen

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Boy, Oh, Boysenberry!
By Erin Horner

¹ I love warm toast for breakfast. I really love it when it is covered with a thick layer of boysenberry jelly. Each morning I smooth the dark jelly over warm bread until it nearly drips off the side. Then I run my finger around the edge of the toast and lick off the extra, syrupy sweet, jelly. Boy, oh, boy, do I love boysenberries! Boy, oh, boy do I owe a big "thank you" to Mr. Walter Knott.

² Mr. Knott helped to create boysenberries in 1932. He and his family lived in Southern California. They were farmers during the Great Depression. This was a very difficult time in American history. Money and jobs were scarce. So was food. Mr. Knott and his family did all that they could to survive the tough economic times. A friend of Mr. Knott's was trying to grow some new berry plants. They were going to be a cross breed of a red raspberry, a blackberry, and a loganberry. .....
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