GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
Copyright 1915 by R. M. Kellogg Co., Thiee Rivers, Mich. 
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BUBACH. ONE OF THE GREATEST OF THE PISTILLATES 
VER a very larKe section of the United States Bubach is recognized as one of the most 
successful varieties. Bubach is a pistillate and when mated with such vanet.es as Sena- 
tor Dunlap. or Parsons' Beauty, Klondil<e, or Premier, it yields immense crops h'^h-gra^e 
fruit The berries are mammoth in size, beautiful in color, and the quality of the fruit is as 
remarkable as its fine appearance. The berries are delicious and meaty with bright red su>- 
face In form the fruit ranges from conical to thick and broad. The bright red color of the 
exterior extends throughout the berry. The Bubach has a large calyx with medium size 
stems. The foliage is a dark, glossy green and the leaf stems are very short. Bubach grows 
successfully in all soils and after twenty-three years' experience with this variety we do 
not hesitate to recommend it to our customers m practically all sections of the country It is 
especially a favorite with the growers of the Southwest. Grown only at our Three Rivers farm. 
fruit. Pay the price and get the best. Then, if 
you follow the Kellogg Way of handling plants 
and soil, there isn't the slightest doubt that the 
rewards of your intelligent efforts will be large 
and entirely satisfactory, not only to yourself 
but to your customers. 
The grower who buys Kellogg plants gets a 
premium in increased yields and profits of high 
value— something that never gets "done broke." 
Shipping Strawberries in Car-Lots 
RECENTLY there was made a survey of the 
strawberry field by the United States Depart- 
ment of Agriculture that will be of interest to 
patrons of this company. The results of the sur- 
vey indicate that the eight most important com- 
mercial strawberry districts are central Califor- 
nia, Tennessee, Maryland, Delaware, southern 
Louisiana, North and South Carolina, Virginia, 
and the Ozarks. In 1914, 1,905 carloads of straw- 
berries were shipped from central California. 
Lesser quantities were shipped from the other 
districts, which are named in the order of their 
importance. From the Ozarks came 748 carloads 
last year. The authors 
of the survey point out, 
however, that the North 
plays a more important 
part in the strawberry 
industry than these fig- 
ures might indicate. 
Great quantities of ber- 
ries are grown in the 
North in small patches 
and shipped to market by 
trolley, express, or in the 
producer's own wagon. 
Only a very small por- 
tion of northern-gro-wn 
berries are concentrated 
into carload lots, the 
basis for the government 
survey. In the South, 
however, and on the Pa- 
cific coast, where berries 
are shipped long dis- 
tances, it is economical 
to arrange to have them 
sent by carloads. 
The bulletin already 
mentioned contains a list 
of all shipping stations 
in the United States 
where carload shipments 
originate, together with 
the number of carloads 
sent out in 1914. From 
this list it appears that 
there was a grand total 
of 14,553.2 carloads of 
strawberries shipped 
commercially in 1914. Of 
these 2,312 came from 
California, the state's 
closest competitor being 
Tennessee with a total 
of 1,571.5. 
Another chart in the 
bulletin shows the dura- 
tion of the shipping sea- 
son in the various sec- 
tions. Strawberries be- 
gin to leave central Flor- 
ida as early as December, and the movement con- 
tinues until the end of March. By the first of 
March the first strawberries from southern Texas 
and southern California find their way to the mar- 
ket. About the middle of March the Louisiana 
crop begins to move, continuing for two months, 
or until the middle of May. May is, indeed, the 
great month for carload shipments. By far the 
greater part of the Tennessee and Virginia crop 
is shipped at that time, as well as much of the 
Delaware, southern Illinois, and Maryland supply. 
By the end of June southern California is almost 
the only area from which carload shipments are 
being made. The strawberries then on the mar- 
ket are chiefly grown in small quantities in areas 
close to the great consuming sections. 
In connection with this work the Department 
of Agriculture is conducting a telegraphic mar- 
ket news service of the daily movement of straw- 
berries to the various large markets during the 
current season, together with the prices received. 
Reports of these movements and prices are tele- 
graphed daily to producing areas and consuming 
centers in order to assist in the profitable dis- 
tribution of the crop. 
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