GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
Copyright 1915 by R. M. KeUogg Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 
honor of introducing this origination. And we 
consider it a high tribute to the R. M. Kellogg 
Company that Dr. Reasoner chose our company 
as the proper medium through which to bring this 
variety to the attention of the public. Dr. 
Reasoner's purpose was to have this great variety 
placed in the hands of breed- 
ers who wouldimprove the va- 
riety rather than deteriorate 
the splendid characteristics of 
his origination. He sought an 
institution, therefore, that 
would keep the variety pure 
and vigorous, so that all who 
bought the plants would find 
them as good or better than 
he claimed for them. There- 
fore, in describing the Dr. 
Burrill variety, which is the 
pride of Dr. Reasoner's life, 
we shall be as modest as our 
enthusiasm for this variety 
will permit, and shall say 
nothing in favor of it except 
what it justly merits and 
what we are sure Dr. Reas- 
oner cordially will endorse. 
If there are any points re- 
lating to this great variety 
that you feel we have not 
fully covered, do not hesitate 
to write us about them (see 
description on Page 64), and 
we shall answer such inquiries 
as they come to us with the 
full confidence that nothing we may say concern- 
ing it could possibly exaggerate the true worth 
of the Dr. Burrill variety. 
How to Make One Acre Do the 
Work of Two 
TN order to make one acre do the work of two, 
we must put into that one acre the amount of 
fertility and the number of plants required to 
make this possible. Why should you tertilize, 
plow, plant, and cultivate two acres by the 
methods generally practised, when you can make 
more money from one acre under the intensive 
methods we outline here? 
After years of experience we learned that it 
did not pay to allow one-half of the acre to loaf 
while the other half was working, and for many 
years, we have worked on the following intensive 
plan, thereby forcing every sc^uare foot of each 
acre of our great strawberry farm to contribute 
its full share toward producing the crop. 
Fifteen to twenty tons of manure should be 
evenly spread over the acre during the winter 
months, and in the spring this manure should be 
plowed under shallow, and mixed thoroughly 
with the top soil. Ten days or two weeks before 
plants are set, 500 pounds of acid phosphate or 400 
pounds of bone meal, and 175 pounds of sulfate of 
potash should be broadcasted over the ground and 
mixed with the soil and manure by harrowing and 
cross-harrowing. This amount of fertility will 
put the soil into ideal condition for close hill cul- 
ture. Make the strawberry rows thirty inches 
apart and set the plants fifteen inches apart in 
the rows. Have the plants set in check rows, so 
that you can cultivate the thirty-inch spaces with 
Planet Jr. twelve-tooth horse cultivator, and the 
fifteen-inch spaces with hand cultivator. By culti- 
DR J. R. REASONER 
vating the plants both ways little hand-work, such 
as weeding and hoeing, will be necessary. 
Remove the fruit stems as soon as the blossoms 
begin to open and relieve the plants of all runners 
as fast as they appear. By removing the runners 
you will increase the vigor and f ruitf ulness of the 
plant. Cultivate shallow 
every week or ten days, and 
always cultivate as soon af- 
ter a rain as the condition of 
the soil will permit. The soil 
close around the plants where 
horse and hand cultivators 
cannot reach, should be loos- 
ened with the hoe. Use varie- 
ties which are adapted to hill 
culture. If you wish to leave 
the selection of varieties to 
us, you may rest assured that 
we shall consider your inter- 
est in every way. 
We will select varieties 
which are adapted to hill cul- 
ture, and those which are 
best adapted to your particu- 
lar conditions. We also will 
select the plants from male 
and female varieties, which 
will mate congenially, and 
will tell you how to arrange 
the different varieties to in- 
sure perfect pollenation, 
which in turn will insure a 
large crop of perfectly 
formed berries. In short, we 
will tell you all you need to know to insure suc- 
cess under this method. 
If weather conditions are favorable, and you 
do your part, you should grow a larger crop of 
fancy berries from one acre than generally is 
grown on two acres. Plants grown in this 
manner, and under these conditions, should pro- 
duce at least one (juart per plant, and it requires 
14,000 plants per acre, which makes a total yield 
of 14,000 quarts per acre. Assuming that you 
get only 10 cents per quart for the berries, which 
A KELLOGG GARDEN IN CALIFORNIA 
HTHE above is from a photograph of a Kelloecr garden grow- 
* ing on the home grounds of W. L. Rutherl'oi-d of Cahfornii . 
Mrs. Rutherfoi-d writes that they followed the Kellogg in 
structions to the letter, the result being that "every plant 
lived and grew vigorously, and every one who sees our beau- 
tiful strawberry plot stops and remarks at the large size anil 
vigor of the plants and the great clusters of bloom and fruit." 
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