GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
Copyright 1915 by R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers. Mich. 
ries as outlined here. This orchard is now coming 
into bearing and is said to be one of the best 
orchards in the West. The trees in part of the 
orchard which was inter-cropped with strawber- 
ries have made a better and more sturdy growth 
than the trees where no crops were grown. We 
not only made a good profit from our strawber- 
ries but actually increased the growth of the 
trees. 
We had the pleasure of visiting an orchardist 
m New Mexico who grew crops of different kinds 
between his tree rows, and the trees where straw- 
berries grew were fully 20 per cent better than 
the trees where other crops were grown. 
If you want to bring an orchard into full bear- 
ing without cost and make big money while doing 
it, inter-crop with strawberries. 
Come and See For Yourself 
\UE like and welcome visitors, and nothing 
would please us more than to have everyone 
who receives this book come to Three Rivers and 
meet us face to face. We wish you to consider 
this a personal invitation to visit us. It will be 
to your interest to come, because you will get a 
better understanding of the methods employed 
here than you can get in any other way. No one 
can visit our farm without being convinced that 
the Kellogg Pedigree Plants are all that we claim 
for them, and that the Kellogg way of growing 
strawberries insures greater crops than can be 
grown in any other way. If you wish to see the 
world's most extensive and most beautiful straw- 
berry farm, the farm where no weeds are per- 
mitted to grow, and if you wish also to see how 
we make rain when the sun shines, come and see 
this farm and our great irrigating system at 
work. We enjoy visitors because their hearty 
words of cheer encourage us to still further effort. 
If you come in such numbers that we are unable 
to entertain you in our homes, there are two good 
hotels in Three Rivers, that will entertain you at 
our expense. Don't disappoint us, but come 
and get loaded up with strawberry enthusiasm. 
We are always busy, but our busiest season is 
during the months of March, April and May, 
when we are digging and shipping our plants. 
However, you may choose your own time to visit 
us, and whenever you come you will be welcome 
and entertained in the best manner we know how. 
We had a very large number of callers at our 
farm in 1915, and some of our visitors were kind 
enough to send us an expression of their appreci- 
ation, which we take great pleasure in reproduc- 
ing herewith: 
One Visitor's Estimate of Premier 
R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 
1 am writing to thank you for the very pleasant day I snent 
at your strawberry farm some weeks ago. Those healthy, 
vigorous looking plants left an impression upon me that I 
never will forsret. Too much cannot be said for the quality of 
the Kellogg plants. 
I consider myself fortunate that I had the opportunity of 
seeing Kellogg's Premier when you were still picking fruit. 
Ifou certainly have a great berry there. The quality of the 
berry,_ along with its color and uniform shape, is bound to 
make it a favorite among strawberry growers. 
Very truly yours, 
Hicksville, Ohio, Aug. 22, 1915. Donald Hootman. 
The Half Has Never Been Told 
R. M. Kellogg Co.. Three Rivers. Mich. 
I can do no better to express my surprise at what I saw at 
your farm at Three Rivers than to quote a part of what the 
CJueen of Sheba said to King Solomon on her visit to see him: 
And when the Queen of Sheba had seen all she said to the 
king, 'It was a true report that I heard in mine own land. 
Howbeit I believed not the words until I came and saw with 
mine own eyes, and behold the half was not told me; thy 
wisdom and prosperity e.tceedest the fame which 1 heard V " 
1 have had the surprise of my life. I never expected to see 
strawberry plants grown in such large numbers, under such a 
perfect system of culture. It certainly is one of the marvels 
ot the age. Kellogg s Premier is a wonder. I never before 
saw so many large, perfect strawberries, nor did I think it was 
possible to grow them. I certainly iippieciate the courtesy 
you accorded me when I visited your farm. 
XT „ . , Yours very truly. 
New Brighton. Pa., June 23, 1915. Wm. W. Wilson. 
Harwood Fruit-Growing Company 
Plainwell, Michigan 
R. M. Kellogq Co., Three Rivers. Mich. 
Gentlemen: I take this opportunity to express the extreme 
pleasure you gave myself and Mrs. Harwood on the occasion 
ot our recent visit to the Kellogg larms at Three Rivers 
After making a thorough inspection of your entire farm and 
going over those wonderful rows of thrifty, splendid plants. I 
can only say to prospective purchasers who reside too far 
awaiy to visit your place that no one should ever hesitate to 
send to your company for strawberry plants. 
Your thorough soil preparation, your manifestly complete 
knowledge of everything pertaining to the life of the straw- 
berry plant, the methods you employ to insure their perfect 
Ireedom from any trouble whatever, and the tremendous 
results you and your customers secure in the way of high- 
grade, delicious fruit— all these matters combine to inspire 
complete confidence in everything that you do and say. 
We also were greatly impressed with the system obtaining 
in your office. After seeing the metho<ls under which you 
handle your business, I have concluded that there could by no 
possibihty be a more complete system and one better intended 
for the benefit of your customers than the one you have in 
your office and packing house. 
Anyone who is looking for yield and quality in strawberry 
plants need go no further than the R. M. Kellogg farm to se- 
cure them. 
By the way, the Kellogg plants we set out on our farms in 
the spring of 1915 have made a most satisfactory growth and 
give promise of an ample supply of fine fruit, and the fact 
that I enclose herewith $50.00 for more of your plants is ample 
testimony of my confidence. 
Plainwell, Mich., Sept. 7, 1915. F. A. Harwood. 
Come and let us get better acquainted. We 
are just common every-day folks. We are right 
out in the field, and while we try to keep our 
hearts and minds clean, we naturally get our 
clothes a little soiled and we get lots of dirt under 
our finger nails the same as all other tillers of the 
soil; but thank goodness, it is clean dirt and 
easily removed. We are not ashamed of soiled 
clothes and hands as long as it is honest dirt. 
Quick Returns and Large Profits 
AAT'HAT we say here is not meant to reflect upon 
any other crop, but to prove our statement 
that strawberries give quicker returns and 
greater profits than any other fruit. 
It requires from six to ten years to bring an 
orchard into full bearing— from two to three 
years for raspberries, blackberries and dewber- 
ries, and from three to four years for gooseber- 
ries and currants to come into full bearing. 
Strawberries give their first big crop in one year 
after plants are set, and the everbearing straw- 
berries begin to fruit in three months after 
plants are set. 
Orchards fruit on an average of three years 
out of five. Bush fruits about the same, while 
strawberries, properly grown, seldom fail to give 
the grower an annual profit ranging from $300 to 
$800 per acre. We have customers who have 
sent us orders every year for from fifteen to 
twenty consecutive years, and each order is ac- 
companied with a good letter telling about the 
big crops and splendid profits. 
Growers who set the Kellogg Pedigree plants 
and follow the Kellogg Way safely may count on 
one or more quarts of berries per plant, and the 
berries seldom sell for less than 10c per quart and 
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