GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
Copyright 1913 by R. M. Kellogg Co.. Three Rivers, Mich. 
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THE EVER-BEARING OR FALL-BEARING AMERICUS-MALE OR BISEXUAL 
AMERICUS enjoys an almost universal popularity, and yields large quantities of fine-quality fruit. The foliage of the Amer- 
icus H-rows close to the ground, similar to such varieties as Bubach and Aroma. It is wonderfully productive. The berries 
are of good size and form as will be seen by the illustration shown herewith. It has been tested in most every state and never 
fails to give satisfaction. Americus behaves the same in its fruiting capacity as the Superb, Progressive and Productive; that 
is to say, it Iruits ncavuy in tne summer, ana aiier iiie ijiaui.!) ii<ivc nuu ouu^v o..v -^o- ■ — r 
and it begins to fruit in August and continues throughout the fall months. All fall-bearing varieties give the growers much 
pleasure and profit. Having berries during the fall months makes it an easy matter to get big prices which result in big profits. 
It is easy to build up a trade in fall strawberries. Americus is grown only at our Three Rivers farm. Be sure and order generously. 
tion of our country once called the "dry belt," 
but which now is i-ecognized as the most wonder- 
ful agricultural and fruit-growing empire known. 
In setting out the plants a furrow should be 
made where each row of plants is to be set. A 
horse-drawn implement is used, known as a cor- 
rugator— a two-wheeled implement it is, with ad- 
justable wheels of iron, shaped somewhat like an 
automobile tire and about the same size. For 
strawberries the wheels should be adjusted to 
make two corrugations at a time, forty-two 
inches apart. Then set out the plants as would 
be done anywhere, turn the water on, as above 
described, and let it run through the corrugations 
until the soil is thoroughly soaked all around the 
plants. This will furnish sufficient moisture to 
start the feeding roots. Leave the furrows un- 
disturbed until after you irrigate the plants again, 
or until the plants have attained sufficient growth 
to make a row across the field so plain that you 
can follow it easily while cultivating. Then, cul- 
tivate as soon as the soil will permit, and continue 
cultivating every week or ten days until the 
plants indicate that they require more moisture, 
then irrigate again. Continue irrigating and cul- 
tivating in this manner throughout the entire 
growing season, irrigating, of course, only as 
moisture is needed. This easily may be deter- 
mined by the appearance of the plants, also by 
of his business very widely, is not to be ques- 
tioned. They have gone quite beyond the experi- 
mental stage and are as dependable and as true 
to type as are the standard varieties. 
Strawberries Under Irrigation 
EXPERIENCE is the great teacher after all, 
and we learn from her from year to year just 
what methods are the best, frequently modifying 
them to suit the later discoveries which actual 
experience has made. A case in point iS sugges- 
ted by a letter recently received from the mana- 
ger of our branch farm at Twin Falls, Idaho, 
where the water supply is entirely by irrigation. 
He says: "We have found by actual experience 
here that setting plants in dry soil and then turn- 
ing on the water and allowing it to settle the dirt 
around the roots, is a much better method than 
that of watering the ground before setting." 
The fine plants that have resulted from this way 
of handling the water at plant-setting time is a 
sufficient endorsement of this plan, and we can 
cordially recommend our friends in the irrigating 
districts to try it out. 
Growing strawberries under irrigation is a very 
simple matter, and the results that are achieved 
in the way of immense crops of beautiful fruit are 
amply exemplified in all parts of that great sec- 
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