GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
Copyright 1913 by R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 
KELLOGG PLANTS AMONG THE FIRS OF WASHINGTON 
OOMETIMES we are asked if virgin soil is good for strawberries. Here is a field of Kellogg plants, the soil of which was only 
^ a short time ago part of thd forest primeval. One will scarcely find greater thrift and vitality in the most perfectly cultiva- 
ted soils than that exhibited in this extraordinary illustration. The height of the giant firs may be judged by comparison with 
the little girl in white who occupies the center of the scene. We are indebted to S. S. Barker, Cashmere, Wash., for this view. 
five trips from New York to San Francisco, 
with more than a thousand miles to the 
credit of the sixth trip. This constant cul- 
tivation is our insurance against drought. 
During the hottest and driest season ever 
known in this country, 1913, when scarcely 
a drop of rain fell at Three Rivers for peri- 
ods of time stretching out to more than four 
weeks, there never was a day when the roots 
of our plants were not feeding from moist 
soil, and continuous growth was maintained 
under conditions that, had cultivation been 
permitted to cease, would have resulted in 
the destruction of the plants. 
Dealing with Insects and Plant Diseases 
"lATITH the advance of horticulture insect 
• enemies and plant diseases have multi- 
plied. Fortunately, the strawberry is a 
hardy plant, and comparatively few enemies 
attack it. On the Kellogg farms the theory 
that "prevention is better than cure" always 
has prevailed. We anticipate the enemy by 
"getting there" first. Before blight or mil- 
dew or rust show the signs of their presence, 
our fields of plants have been showered with 
lime-sulphur solution. And arsenate of lead 
almost continuously whitens the leaves of the 
plants each season to discourage possible 
visitations of undesirable insects. The crown 
miner and the crown borer and other injuri- 
ous insects are strangers to the place, for 
these pests are encouraged only where spray- 
ing is neglected or old fields are permitted 
to become the breeding places of plant ene- 
mies. It requires more than 20,000 gallons 
of liquid spray to cover our fields in an 
average season. Nothing is left undone that 
tends to promote the purity, healthfulness 
and vigor of our plants, and in offering them 
to the public we do so with the full assur- 
ance that they are the best plants in every 
respect and are possessed of the highest 
fruiting powers of any strawberry plants to 
be had anywhere in the world. In confirma- 
tion of any statement we make on this point 
are the gracious letters that come to us from 
all parts of the world from customers who 
are kind enough to say that their own per- 
sonal experiences with our plants have been 
all and more than we have claimed for them. 
Our 1914 Crop of Plants 
STRAWBERRY growers in nearly every 
section of the United States realize from 
their own personal experience that the 
season of 1913 was the most disastrous 
season ever experienced, owing to the sever- 
ity of the drouth and length of time it con- 
tinued without a single break. Whole plan- 
tations of thrifty strawberry plants were ab- 
solutely destroyed because of lack of water 
and the intensity of the sun's rays. Letters 
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