GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
Copyright 1913 by R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 
MABEL FLETCHER AND HER STRAWBERRY FIELD 
WTE always have advocated the importance of interesting children in the worli of strawberry growing. What may be 
*• achieved along this line is suggested by the extraordinary success of Mabel Fletcher, who is shown in the foreground of 
this very fine picture. Mabel has made a very thorough study of the strawberry and has succeeded in growing some wonderful 
crops from the home plot at Joliet, III. So great has been her success that her father has purchased ten acres in the suburbs 
of the home city so that she may develop her specialty to her heart's content, not mentioning the large profits sure to be hers. 
from our customers report that for twelve 
weeks no rain fell and many others report 
that the drouth continued unbroken for peri- 
ods of from four to ten weeks. One Wis- 
consin nurseryman advises that 60 per cent 
of all the plants in that state were lost be- 
cause of the drouth. One Michigan nursery- 
man advises us that his stand of strawberry 
plants will not equal 10 per cent of a normal 
crop. t: 
In our own case only the continued em- 
ployment in the fields of a large gang of men 
constantly stirring the soil and keeping the 
fields covered with a perfect mulch of dust 
made it possible for us to save our own 
plants. And while the plants that are grown 
are ideal in every way — large, strong and 
thrifty — every grower of experience will 
readily understand that under such fearful 
conditions the number of runner plants made 
is only a small fraction of the number that 
under normal conditions would have been 
made. Therefore, while the Kellogg plants 
to be supplied to our customers this season 
will be fine in every way, we have a greatly 
dimished crop, as we have indicated, and are 
compelled by the situation thus created to 
advance prices very considerably over those 
which obtained in 1913. 
This is a matter of sincere regret to us, 
for it is our purpose and practice to supply 
our plants at the lowest prices consistent 
with the expenditures made in the preced- 
ing year. We are carrying out this rule at 
this time, as the crop we have grown this 
year will be unusually expensive for the 
reasons indicated above. However, we are 
confident that our customers will fully ap- 
preciate the situation. 
Under these circumstances, therefore, and 
with a limited crop, as we have said, we need 
scarcely urge the importance of placing 
orders early. We call your attention to this 
matter here so that you may not be disap- 
pointed in failing to secure plants of your 
choice. Another point to be considered is 
the fact that with the strawberry fields of 
the country reduced, as we have indicated, 
there will be a great shortage of fruit for 
the next two years, and those who set out 
generous fields this spring may be sure of a 
ready market for all the strawberries they 
can produce. Get your order in early, set 
out the plants as early as possible in order to 
secure the full benefit of the early spring 
rains, and you may be entirely confident of 
success, both by way of producing large 
quantities of fruit and in selling the berries 
at prices that will make your enterprise the 
most profitable feature of your place. 
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