THE STRAWBERRY OCTOBER 1906 



THE STRAWBERRY 



A MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO 

 THE INTERESTS OF STRAWBERRY 

 PRODUCTION IN ALL ITS BRANCHES 



Published the First of Each Month by 



The Kellogg Publishing Company 



Three Rivers, Michigan 



W. H. BURKE Editor 



F. E. BEATTY - Instructor in Cultural Methods 

 ARTHUR D. AVERY - . . . Manager 



ROBERT S. FOUNTAIN Western Representative 



315 Dearborn St., Chicago, III. 

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ISO Nassau St., New York City 



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OCTOBER, 1906 



THE cover for this issue of The 

 Strawberry is from a photograph 

 of the strawberry patch of Rufus 

 Brogden of Jamestown, N. Y. 

 In the note accompanying the photograph, 

 Mr. Brogden says: "How easy it is to 

 raise good berries under The Strawberry 

 system! I had no previous experience in 

 growing anything when I moved to my 

 place of two acres a year ago last spring, 

 but I plowed up a patch of grass land and 

 set out plants, following your directions 

 carefully as to planting and cultivation. 

 I am more than pleased with results. In 

 my district the season has been a poor 

 one for strawberries because of the 

 drought, many growers realizing only half 

 a crop, and small berries at that. I there- 

 fore consider myself fortunate in getting 

 more than six hundred quarts of big, fine 

 A No. 1 berries from my 500 Senator 

 Dunlap plants, for which I secured a 

 good price in the open market. I attrib- 

 ute my success to the good strong plants 

 I set out, and the close and thorough cul- 

 tivation I gave them made them strong 

 enough to withstand the drought. I in- 

 tend to set out many more plants next 

 spring. I feel confident that by follow- 

 ing The Strawberry methods any amateur 

 grower can do fully as well as I have 

 done." 



'T'HE next annual meeting of the Mich- 

 * igan State Horticultural Society will 

 be held at Benton Harbor in December, 

 and the people of that city are arranging 

 to entertain 'heir visitors in right royal 

 fashion. Benton Harbor is the center 

 and market for one of the great fruit dis- 

 tricts of the country, and as such deserves 

 the honor thus conferred upon her. State 

 societies of horticulture are among the 



impelling forces of progress, and we shall 

 hope to see the year notable for the high 

 character of work done, not only at Ben- 

 ton Harbor, but by every state association 

 in the Union. 



A ND Michigan is to have the 1907 

 •^*- meeting of the American Association 

 of Nurserymen, that splendid organization 

 t!iat is doing so much for horticultural 

 advance all along the line. It has been 

 decided to hold the meeting at Detroit in 

 June, and as that city is one of the most 

 delightful and beautiful convention towns 

 on the continent, the nurserymen are as- 

 sured in advance of a successful meeting 

 and a charming time. The organization 

 of this association is now thoroughly per- 

 fected, and with its strong committees 

 and headed by President Orlando Harri- 

 son, its growth in size and increasing im- 

 portance is assured. 



ly/IONTGOMERY WARD Sc CO. make 

 '■^*- their initial appearance in tiie advertising 

 columns of The Strawberry this month, and we 

 are sure our readers will welcome them with 

 pleasure. They come with an unusual offer for 

 them, as this great house is not accustomed to 

 using the word "free" as an inducement to se- 

 cure public interest, but when they do use that 

 word everybody knows that it means just what 

 it says and refers to something of real value, too. 

 Montgomery Ward li: Co. is the pioneer mail- 

 order house, and one large manufacturer once 

 remarked to the editor of The Strawberry that 

 it was responsible more than any other business 

 house in the country for the uni\ersal confidence 

 that made the magnitude to which the mail- 

 order business had grown possible. That is, 

 the good goods, the honest methods that in- 

 variably characterized IVIontgomery Ward (i 

 Co's. transactions had developed confidence 

 and led people to send their money thousands of 

 miles without ever seeing the article desired, in 

 complete assurance that absolute good faith 

 would be observed. Knowing as we do how 

 many of our readers file The Strawberry and 

 will not cut out the coupon in the Montgomery 

 Ward i' Co. advertisement, we trust that none 

 will write that house without duly mentioning 

 this magazine. Please do not fail to do this. 



/^NE of the most unique business enterprises 

 ^— ' in the world is the Chicago House- 

 Wrecking Co. , and the work it does is of the 

 most beneficent order. The materials of dis- 

 carded buildings are so scientifically handled liy 

 this company as to reduce wastage to the min- 

 imum, while the figures at which this company 

 purchases these buildinge enable them to sell 

 these materials at the lowest possible prices. 

 The biggest "deal" of this kind ever made in 

 history was the purchase outright by this great 

 company of the buildings of the Louisiana Pur- 

 chase Exposition at St. Louis. The company's 

 check for $500,000 was handed over to the 

 management of the exposition and the work of 

 dismantling begun. It is readily seen how 

 such a concern can sell building material at very 

 low prices. It will pay you to get their cata- 

 logue No. W-733 and study it in the light of 

 your needs. Address Chicago House Wrecking 

 Co., 35th and Iron Sts. Chicago. 



(CATALOGUE NO. 348 of the Kalamazoo 

 ^— ' Stove Co. is just received, and it is a beau- 

 tiful piece of typography as well as a practical 

 help to every housekeeper in the land. The 

 book shows one the scientific way in which to 

 run a stove; how to get the largest amount of 

 benefit from a stove at the minimum consump- 



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tion of fuel. There are lots of things in the ex- 

 perience of a scientific sto\ e maker not dreamed 

 of in the philosophy of the non-technical indi- 

 vidual, and these experiences are an important 

 part of the literature put out by the Kalamazoo 

 people. We can testify to the value both of 

 Kalamazoo heaters and ranges and of the cat- 

 al^ogne, and advise every reader to send to the 

 Kalamazoo Stove Co., Kalamazoo, Mich., and 

 secure a catalogueat this time and thus be for- 

 tified against winter's chilling onslaughts. 



A NOTHER Kalamazoo concern that will be 

 ■'*■ glad to make the acquaintance of Straw- 

 berry folks — and we are sure the acquaintance 

 will prove mutually pleasant and profitable — is 

 the Phelps & Bigelow Windmill Co. , of that 

 enteiprising city. A good wind mill is one of 

 the greatest economies of the farm — no fuel, no 

 labor, no expensive machinery. Put up your 

 mill and nature does the rest, pumping your 

 water for you, and performing many a service 

 that otherwise would require a large expenditure 

 of cash or muscle. Get acquainted with the 

 Phelps & Bigelow folks — write them now. 



CTARK BROS, have been at it for eighty- 

 '^two years, but that company is as young and 

 as up to date as if it had begun doing things 

 only yesterday. When you hear of the latest 

 and best discovery along the fruit line just stop 

 to ask and you will be almost sure to learn that 

 it comes from Stark's. For instance, take the 

 Banner grape which this company is now intro- 

 ducing to the public, samples of which have 

 been sent to The Strawberry for inspection. 

 Great big, sweet fellows they are, with a flavor 

 that exactly meets your ideas of what a grape 

 should be. It promises to become one of the 

 world's favorites. Our friends should become 

 familiar with the Stark Bros. ; it is almost a 

 liberal education in fruit culture to do so, and 

 everybody, professional or amateur, will be 

 benefited by the acquaintance. 



'T'HEREaretwo kinds of fruit primarily — fresh 

 * fruit and canned fruit. The second kind 

 differentiates into myriad qualities, the sort of 

 cans used being largely responsible for the var- 

 iations. Not so with the folk who are fortunate 

 enough to have the Economy Jar. We have 

 been experimenting with them this season, and 

 we can say for them that evenness of quality is 

 certain when these marvels of perfection are em- 

 ployed. The seal of these cans is hermetic, 

 and no mistake. That is, the cans are actually 

 and perfectly air-tight — and that is the secret of 

 canning success. Then the jar itself is so hand- 

 some, so completely sanitary, with its large 

 mouth, admitting the hand to every part of the 

 interior, and showing off the fruit to the best 

 advantage. We cannot speak too highly of the 

 Economy Jar. It is made by the Kerr Glass 

 Manufacturing Co., Portland, Ore. A postal 

 card to the company will bring you detailed and 

 valuable information. 



CARM FENCES, like farm buildings, should 

 * be permanent improvements. You don't 

 buy the cheapest lumber for your farm build- 

 ings. Neither should you buy the cheapest 

 wire for your farm fences. The best quality of 

 wire, firmly and securely woven, well stretched 

 on securely anchored end posts, makes a fence 

 that will last for years without repairs — that w ill 

 outlast the posts. Quality ot wire first and then 

 a pr.actical weave make Page fence the farmer's 

 fence. Page fences have been on the market 

 for twenty years, and the first one sold is still a 

 good fence. Just how they are made is ex- 

 plained in a book which is sent to anyone who 

 writes for it to the Page Woven Wire Fence 

 Co., Box 102, Adrian, Mich. 



T^HE men who till farms — the men of 

 ■*■ the soil — have made the foundation 

 of lasting national life in every state. — 

 Theodore Roosevelt. 



