GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
Copyright 1913 by R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 
MORE THAN 2,000 BOXES FROM 500 KELLOGG PLANTS. 
XATRITING under date of June 17, 1913, and enclosing the photograph of the above scene. Mrs. Harvey Ramsey, of Huntsville, 
Mo., says: April 17, 1912. we received from you 500 plants composed of Senator Dunlap, Buster, Longfellow, Brandy- 
wine, Sample, Marshall and some others. We have already picked 2,000 boxes from this patch, and are still picking." This 
plain statement of facts excels any claims we make in our book for our plants. No wonder everybody in the patch looks happy. 
Great Crops of Strawberries and How to Grow Them 
AT the very outset, let it be understood that 
the strawberry is one of the most easily 
grown of all the fruits; really it is no more 
difficult to succeed with strawberries than it is 
with onions, potatoes or corn. Another thing we 
wish to impress is the fact that the strawberry 
may be grown in almost any system the individ- 
ual grower may elect, so' long as the system 
adopted is faithfully followed. And still another 
point, the' strawberry successfully is grown in all 
soils and under practically all conditions of cli- 
mate, excepting only the equatorial and polar 
regions. We make this statement so broad that 
there can be no possible excuse for further 
questioning on this point. The strawberry, in 
one word, is as universally successful as are any 
of the commonest products of the vegetable 
kingdom. More than all that, beginners in 
gardening and fruit growing write us that they 
have had better success with obr strawberry 
plants than they have had with ordinary vege- 
tables. Good plants, good soil, thorough cultiva- 
tion—these form the trinity which insures com- 
plete and satisfactory results in the strawberry 
world, and where they are supplied success is 
certain. 
Feeding the Strawberries 
OeGARDING the first named member of this 
trinity — good plants— we are sure that no 
one can read this book and understand the 
methods under which Kellogg Thoroughbred Ped- 
igree plants are grown but will at once recognize 
their superiority, and therefore we need say 
nothing more here as to the source of the plant 
supply. All growers may feel perfectly safe in 
ordering Kellogg plants with the complete assur- 
ance that they are the best plants to be had any- 
where in the world. Therefore, we shall con- 
sider here the question of the soil, or, to put it in 
another way, the feeding of the plants. Now, it 
doesn't make very much difference what sort of 
a vessel one uses for food, and we shall more 
clearly understand the situation regarding vari- 
ous kinds of soil if we comprehend at the begin- 
ning that the soil is a dish containing plant food, 
and if this plant food is in the soil in the proper 
proportions, then the plants will be amply 
nourished and will develop large root and crown 
systems, which in turn will produce big crops of 
bigYed berries. To put the case in still another 
way, the soil simply is a medium through which 
the plants that are set therein receive their food. 
Supplying a Balanced Ration 
TTHERE are three principal plant-food ele- 
ments essential to any and all forms of vege- 
table life. These are nitrogen, potassium and 
phosphorus. There are several other elements, 
but, as a rule, they are found in sufficient quan- 
tities in nearly all soils, and it is only very rarely 
that they need be considered in this, relation. 
As a rule, these three principal plant-food ele- 
ments should be contained in the soil intended 
for the growing of strawberries in approximate- 
ly the following proportions: Nitrogen 3%, Po- 
tassium 9%, Phosphorus 7%. Wherever there is a 
deficiency in any one of these elements it should 
be supplied if the desired results are to be se- 
cured and thrifty plants and well-filled-out 
berries are to be the lot of the grower. No other 
feature of the work will insure greater success 
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