GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
Copyright 1911 by R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers. Mich. 
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HAS BOUGHT KELLOGG PLANTS EVERY SEASON FOR EIGHT YEARS WITH SPLENDID RESULTS 
AATITH the photograph from which the above half-tone was made came the following: letter from Francis B. Harrington of 
* " Worcester, Mass., written under date of August 25, 1911: "In 19v4. I placed my first order for plants with R. M. Kellogg 
and have continued to do so for each succeeding year, which in itself shows that I consider Kellogg plants the best to buy. 
The rapid expansion out my way of the city of Worcester has compelled me to cut down my acreage, hence the decreasing 
numbers of plants purchased in later years. I follow your methods of growing strawberries from transplanting to picking as 
told so completely in your catalog. The average yield per acre for several years is 5,000 quarts, although I have had portions of 
the field yield at the rate of over 7,000 quarts per acre." The longer one grows the Kellogg plants the more he appreciates them. 
covered and in as cool and as shady a place as 
possible. 
If for any reason you are detained for a day or 
so in setting the plants after they arrive, open 
the packages, take out the bunches, and lay them, 
unopened, in rows on the floor of a cool, damp 
basement; or a shed with a dirt floor is an ideal 
place. When this is done, wet gunny sacks or old 
blankets and lay over the plants to keep the air 
from them. 
In case the setting of the plants must be de- 
ferred for several days after they arrive, heel 
them in. Make a trench or furrow in a cool, 
shady place, and set the bunches, unopened, in 
the furrow, with roots extending down to the 
bottom of the furrow. Fill the soil back into the 
furrow and press it firmly against the bunches of 
plants, being careful to have the crowns and fo- 
liage above the surface; also see that no roots are 
exposed. At night wet the ground where the 
plants are heeled in, soaking it thoroughly. Should 
you have reason to believe that the plants must 
remain heeled in for a week or more, then the 
strings which bind the bunches should be cut and 
the plants spread out before placing the soil back 
into the furrow. In this case, also, wet the 
ground at night 
Mating the Varieties 
IN SETTING the plants, be careful to get the 
pistillates in rows between rows of bisexuals. 
This will insure perfect pollenation, which in turn 
insures perfectly formed berries and lots of them. 
We find the dibble the best tool for setting plants. 
However, a spade or long-handled shovel can be 
used. Be careful to have the openings in the soil 
made large enough so that you can put the roots 
of the plants down straight into the soil. Press 
the soil firmly against the roots, being careful 
not to cover the crowns of the plants. 
Cultivation and Hoeing 
As SOON as plants are set you should follow 
up with a cultivator. You also should hoe 
shallow around the plants. This hoeing and cul- 
tivation will make a dust mulch which will hold 
the moisture about the plants, encouraging the 
feeding roots to develop at once. Cultivation 
should be continued every eight or ten days 
throughout the entire growing season, unless the 
ground is wet. Always cultivate after a rain as 
soon as the soil will permit. The soil should be 
broken up shallow around the plants often enough 
to prevent crust from forming. By cultivating 
and hoeing in this manner you will keep down all 
weeds and obnoxious growth. It will keep a dust 
muloli around the plants which will hold moisture 
and which will keep the plants growing very vig- 
orously. 
Managing the Runners 
TN about four weeks after the plants are set 
•■■ they will begin to send out runners. If you 
wish to practice the hill system, all runners should 
be pinched or cut off as fast as they appear. 
Should the single-hedge row be your preference, 
then allow each plant to make two runners and 
each of the runners should make one or two 
plants. These should be layered directly in line 
with the original row. This can be done by draw- 
ing the soil over the runner cords just back of the 
young plant when hoeing. For the double-hedge 
Address all communications and make all remittances payable to R. M. KELLOGG CO., Three Rivers. Mich. 
