GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
Copyright 1911 by R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 
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TWO FENDALLS FILL A WATER GLASS 
THE Kendall pruuuces as large berries as we ever have seen, and it is e-xceedingly productive. It wins friends wherever 
tested because growers have found Fendall to be very profitable. It has won a place among the leaders and is now recog- 
nized as one of the "stand-bys." Whether growing berries for market or for use in the home, you should have some Fendall. 
neat. Whether you sell through commission mer- 
chants, retail grocers, or direct to the family 
trade, see to it that your berries are superior in 
every way to those of your competitors. This 
will bring customers to you, which will save you 
the trouble of hunting customers. 
Treatment of Plants after Fruiting 
AFTER the plants have fruited mow off the 
foliage, using an ordinary two-horse mowing 
machine or sickle or scythe. The size of the patch 
will determine the kind of tool which should be 
used. If the foliage dries quickly after being cut 
off— say within forty-eight hours— the entire 
patch may be burned over by setting fire on the 
side of the patch from which the wind is coming. 
The wind will blow the fire over the field quickly 
and it will consume all of the mulching and fo- 
liage without injuring the crowns of the plants. 
Should conditions not permit the burning over, 
rake up the refuse and haul it off the field. After 
the mulching has been taken care of either by 
burning or hauling away, take a common break- 
ing plow and throw a furrow from each side of 
the row into the center of the space between the 
rows. This will leave a ridge or back furrow be- 
tween every two rows of plants. This may be 
leveled down either with a five-tooth cultivator 
or with a harrow. It is well to use a harrow go- 
ing both north and south, and east and west over 
the patch. This levels the soil and draws enough 
fine soil over the crowns of the plants to permit 
them to make their new root system. Should you 
not care to use a breaking plow to narrow down 
the rows, take a two-horse corn- cultivator and 
tear out the sides of the rows, leaving only a 
narrow space in the center. Harrow the same as 
with the breaking plow, and be sure and use a 
harrow which will permit the teeth to be slanted 
backward, so that it will not tear out the plants. 
After the plants begin growing, cultivate and hoe 
the same as with newly set plants. When hoe- 
ing, cut out all the weaker plants, leaving only 
the strongest and best ones. 
By following these suggestions you can get a 
large crop of berries the following spring, mak- 
ing two big crops from one setting of plants. 
After the second crop of berries is picked, plow 
the plants under and sow forty to fifty pounds of 
winter-vetch seed per acre. This is one of the 
greatest legume crops ever grown, and the best 
crop to prepare the ground for another crop of 
berries. 
When Competition Doesn't Count 
Fremont, 0., July 17, 1911. 
R. M. Kellogg Co., 
Three Rivers, Mich. 
Gentlemen:— Hurrah for the Kellogg thorough- 
bred strawberry plants. This season with me 
marks a new experience, but my thoroughbreds 
brought me through safe and sound and on top. 
It was just this way: Shortly after the season 
had started, I found the market flooded with 
strawberries, and strawberry growers every- 
where were trying to get rid of their strawber- 
ries, and in their frantic efforts they actually sold 
them at from $1.25 to $1.50 per crate of 32 quarts. 
Address all communications and make all remittances payable to R. M. KELLOGG CO., Three Rivers, Mich. 
