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GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
Copyright 1911 by R. M. Kellogg Co . Three Rivers. Mich. 
Buster the Record-Breaker 
T-I ERE is presented a photographic view 
of one of our Buster plants in full fruit, 
just as it grew in the field of M. D. Clark of 
Anthony, Kan. Mr. Clark, in sending us 
the photograph says: "This is a plant of 
the Buster, and is one of that variety I 
bought of you in 1910. There were 102 ber- 
ries on this single plant. You will hear 
from me again, as I am going to set out a 
larger patch." This plant is typical of the 
entire body of Buster plants, and indicates 
that it is indeed a marvel of productivity. 
Buster is a cross of Sharpless and Bubach, 
and its wonderful record in the field of its 
originator led him to give it the name it 
bears— a "Buster" of all records. Not only 
is Buster a record-breaker in the matter of 
yields; it has an unparalleled record as a 
irost-resister. When the bloom of all other 
varieties have been killed or badly affected 
by late frosts in spring, Busterhas remained 
quite immune to frost, and has yielded its 
full quota of beautiful fruit. This is the 
third year we have offered Buster to our 
customers, and our e.xperience in 1911 with 
this variety renews our confidence that it 
is to prove of unusual value in the fields of 
our customers. The flesh of this variety is 
firm, and for short distances it is an ideal shipper. The plant is a vigorous growei-, partaking of the 
best qualities of both its progenitors. We cannot too strongly urge our patrons to give this mid-sea- 
son variety a thorough testing out, confident that in nearly every section of the country it will prove 
itself a splendid yielder of high-grade fruit. There is nothing else so satisfactory as an actual test 
T TnDER date of June 19, 1911, John Gunder- 
^ man of Lenox, Iowa, sends us the photograph 
from which this photo-engraving is made and says : 
"I send you a photograph of my patch of plants 
bought of you m 1910. I lost only two plants out 
of all I bought, and it was awful dry here last 
year. The plants were in fine shape when I got 
them; so were the plants I got this spring— lost 
only one. The spring has been dry here. We had 
hot winds from IVIay 22 to 26 and it burned the 
bloom of some of the plants. The dry weather 
has cut the crop short. I got about 200 quarts 
off the 200 plants set last year. I thank you for 
the fine plants you sent me." 
Don't Be Too Easily Discouraged 
COMETIMES we receive letters from beginners 
complaining because plants on arrival do not 
look fresh and green, and for this reason thev do 
not give the proper care in setting and cultivat- 
ing the plants. The following letter should con- 
vince any one that the Kellogg Thoroughbreds 
will grow vigorously when the grower does his 
part. This letter came just as we were closing 
the pages of our book, and it is so suggestive on 
this point that we reproduce it here: 
West Frankfort, III., Sept. 16, Iflll. 
R. M. Kellogg Co. 
Gentlemen: Last spring- I bought of you 825 plants, 
and when they came I was displeased with them because 
they looked so dry; but I set them out. Drouth set in 
the last of April and continued until July 10. I wrote 
you about the plants when I received them, and told you 
I would report what they did. I will say that in spite of 
the drouth they are the finest plants that I ever saw. I 
now can see something in the Kellogg Thoroughbred 
strawberry plants that is not in the common plants, and 
will report again next sprirg with an order for some 
more plants. T. S. Whitk. 
Thousands of other customers have made simi- 
lar discoveries; among others that growers make 
big money when they use our plants exclusively. 
Address all communications and make all remittances payable to R. M. KELLOGG CO.. Three Rivers, Mich. 
