THE STRAWBERRY FEBRUARY 1907 



Kellogg's Thoroughbred Plants 



Beat Them All 



For twenty years they have held the World's Highest Fruiting Record. 



THOSE GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES YOU READ SO MUCH ABOUT 

 ARE GROWN FROM KELLOGG'S STRAIN OF THOROUGHBRED PLANTS 



The leal test of strawberry plants is the quantity and 

 quality of berries they produce. 



A Bunch of Thoroughbreds 



When we say that Kellogg's beat them all we only repeat what our old customers say. This is the kind of letters we get: 



E' 



Nothing But Kellogg's Will Do Him 



Fred Larsf^n of Clai-indu, Iowa, siivs: ''For two 

 y<-ars past I have piirchiispd plants fri>iii vou and not- 

 withstandinL' the late frost we had last year, the Kel- 

 loi;^ plants came out victorious, ftnd as usual gave 

 splendid returns, and with us it is 'Kellogg'sand only 

 Kelloe£!;'s' forever." 



Sold Entire Crop &( 20 cents a Quart 



Francis Ball, Jen kin town, Pa. "I am crowlny; your 

 )r'diL'r'*" strawberries, and tln-v ccrtainlv show thi-ir 

 .liirh l.n-.dliii:. I supplied th.^ B.dk-vue Stratford 

 Hntcl, I'hilad'-Iphia, with tifrries from your plants at 

 $0.40 per bushel crate for the entire season.' ' 



Eight Thousand Quarts to tha Acre 



E. W. Mitchell, Pnxico, Mo. "For several years I 

 have been srowint; your plants, and last vear on a 

 piece of ground that measured on*"-fourth of an acre I 

 produced more than 2.000 quarts of berries, and the 

 best of it is, many of them measured five and a half 

 inches and some of them six inches. Everybody said 

 thpy were the bizgest and finest berries they ever saw. 

 I want more Kellogg's in 1907." 



Our Customers Help to Push a Good Thing Along 



H. Hume. Mandeville. Ark. "I have just niov«'d 

 on a farm, and am thinkinir of puttiuE in one acre of 

 strawberries. The reason I am writing you is that 

 every one with whom I have conversed on the sulj,iect 

 have, without exception, recommended the R. M. Kel- 

 logg Co . as the best and fairest firm to deal with . ' ' 



More Than 600 Quarts From 500 Plants 



Rufns Rroiiden, Jamestown, N. Y. "The season 

 for strawberries in this section was very poor; because 

 of the severe drouth many growers realized about half 

 a crop and small berries at that. But my 500 Kellogg 

 plants produced more than 600 quarts of big fine No. 

 1 berries, and I attribute my success to good strong 

 plants. It is easy for an amateur to grow big crops 

 with your plants and your system. Hope you will be 

 able to furnish me with 1,000 more plants for the 

 spring of 11)07." 



15,000 Quarts From Two Acres Last Year 



Oeori;e S. Pomeroy, Jonesville, Mich. ' "1 am 

 pleased to inform you that I got 15,000 quarts of ber- 

 ries from my two acres of Kellogg plants this season. 

 You will recall that when I visited flie Kellogg farms I 

 told you that in 1903 I picked 10,0(MI quarts from one 

 and a quarter acres, and in the fall of the same year 

 sold HOO quarts from the same patch, and realized a 

 big price for them, too." 



Sold 5,700 Quarts From Three-Fourths of an Acre 



W. W. Thomas, Ashland, Ohio, writ-s: "The Kel- 

 logg plants that fruited for me this season went 

 tlirough several severe frosts during blooming time, 

 but with all this great handicap to start with I sold 

 more than 5,700 quarts from three -fourths of an acre 

 and they brought me $47.5. I received about 50 per 

 cent more for my fruit than the growers got who used 

 common plants. The 3,000 plants I got from you 

 this spring are growing 'to beat tha band. ' ' ' 



A Visit to Kellogg Farms Convinced Him 



W. O. Kuhlman, Auburn, Ind. "I wish to thank 

 yon fur the ven- kind way in which 1 was entertained 

 while visiting your farms. 1 nnw know that what ytm 

 state in your catalogue represents the actual facts, and 

 that plants ordered from the Kellogg Company can be 

 depended on . Yonr hundred acres of strawberry plants 

 with mile-long rows, as clean as a whistle, was a sight 

 worth going many miles to see. ' ' 



It's Better Than You Claim 



F. C. Vollmer, Cicero, N. Y. "After reading your 

 'Great Crops of Strawberries' I had your farms pictured 

 in my mind, but my visit to you proves that the real 

 thing beats what you say about it. I am an experienced 

 grower of strawberries and know clean, healthy plants 

 when I see them , and I can best express my feelings by 

 saving that this special trip from New York for the 

 sole purpose of seeing your farms is the best invest- 

 ment I ever umde, ' ' 



Kellogg's Sell at a Premium of 33 1-3 per cent 



Truman Haves. North An yle, N. Y. "Last year I 

 had one acre of Kellogg plants in fruit, and they were 

 so fine that one dealer engaged the entire crop at 12 

 cents a quart, while other berries sold for 8 cents. I 

 don't know another man who got more than 8 cents a 

 quart. Last spring I set another patch and used your 

 plants, setting them so that ea>-h hill would be about 

 12 inches apart, and each hill has built up from six to 

 eight crowns. In all my advertising I say: "My ber- 

 ries are grown on Kellogg's Thoroughbred Plants.' " 



More than 16,000 Customers in 1906 



Just as well satisfied as these, and growers who have used our plants from the beginning are the most enthusiastic of all. 



Why should you be satisfied with anything but the best? If you have not received our "-'Great Crops of Strawberries and 

 How to Grow Them" send us your name at once. If you have it, send us your order now so that we may reserve the varieties 

 you select. Address 



R. M. KELLOGG COMPANY 



118 PORTAGE AVENUE 



THREE RIVERS, MICHIGAN 



extensive growth of vines and runners. 

 When a commercial fertilizer analyzing 

 as the one recommended here is not ob- 

 tainable, the various materials can be pur- 

 chased and the mixture made on the farm. 

 A large amount of fertilizers can be prof- 

 itably used on the strawberry if applied at 

 the proper season. The best times are in 

 the fall or early spring, before planting, and 

 again in late summer or early fall, around 

 the plants, and again in the winter or 

 early spring. A point to be remembered 

 is, never sow fertilizers in too close prox- 

 imity to the crown of the plant in warm 



weather, while they are in the green grow- 

 ing state, and never sow it on them in win- 

 ter unless the leaves are dry. In the 

 South, when the plants keep green all win- 

 ter, the fertilizers must be divided between 

 the rows and around the plants, preferably 

 just before a rain. 



To the shipper color, early ripening and 

 solid fruit are considered as well as the 

 yield, and it is to assist in securing these 

 that the fertilizers so rich in potash are 

 recommended. Seima, ind. 



Our correspondent has made many val- 



Ptge 39 



uable suggestions, especially on the appli- 

 cation of a well-balanced commercial fer- 

 tilizer; but we would suggest that in our 

 experience the best time to apply com- 

 mercial fertilizer is just after the ground 

 has been broken up and then work it in 

 thoroughly before setting plants. Com- 

 mercial fertilizer, like stable manure, can- 

 not be used by plants until it first decom- 

 poses and the mineral matter is absorbed 

 by the soil grains. His suggestions upon 

 nitrate of soda are excellent. However, 

 we ne\ er have found it necessary to culti- 

 vate the nitrate of soda into the soil. 



