GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
Copyright 1915 by R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers. Mich. 
SUPERB BERRIES PICKED AND PHOTOGRAPHED OCTOBER 7, 1915 
Grown at Twin Falls, Idaho 
THE plants that produced these berries were set last May (1915), and began fruiting- heavily in July, continuing to fruit until 
this photograi)h was made on October 7. The vines were still loaded with berries and blossoms on that date. As a market 
variety the Superb is the "boss" of the everbearers. The berries are splendid keepers and excellent shippers. They are extra- 
large, beautifully colored and always command the very highest prices. If you want to grow large crops of extra-fancy berries; 
if you want a variety that is not affected by frost, and if you want to get the top-notch price. Superb is the variety you want. 
Our Everbearing Strawberries 
WHEN the everbearing varieties were first 
originated, we were somewhat skeptical 
about them. We thought they were noth- 
ing more or less than novelties. But during the 
past five or six years, we have experimented ex- 
tensively with them, and through these experi- 
ments we have learned that they are a pronounced 
success. There is no question about these va- 
rieties fruiting during the I'all months, and they 
also fruit in the spring and early summer months. 
By combining the everbearing varieties with the 
standard varieties, the fruiting season extends 
from the latter part of May until about Novem- 
ber first, over a very large range of territory, 
affording the strawberry grower a continuous 
income for about five months. Since the ever- 
bearing varieties have demonstrated beyond 
doubt that they are completely successful, both 
as early-summer and late-fall fruiters, we 
advise everyone, whether growing strawberries 
for home use, or pleasure or profit, to grow both 
the everbearing and standard varieties. By fol- 
lowing this suggestion, your profits are doubled, 
and frequently trebled, over those received from 
growing the standard varieties alone. 
One thing greatly in favor of the everbearing 
varieties is the fact that they mature their 
greatest crop of fruit during the months of 
August, September, and October — just the time 
when berries of all kinds are scarce. The weather 
generally is hot and everyone is hungry for fresh 
fruit and willing to pay a big price for fresh straw- 
berries. It will be many years before there are 
enough strawberries produced during the fall 
months to supply the demand, and we doubt if 
the demand ever will be fully supplied. Growers 
who take advantage of the opportunities which 
the everbearing varieties offer, are sure to make 
a great profit. Plants of the everbearing variet- 
ies which are set in the spring begin fruiting the 
following August, and continue to fruit until 
November or until heavy freezing weather. 
Everbearers would fruit earlier than August, 
but it is not advisable to allow them to do so. 
The blossoms should be picked off until the latter 
part of June. This enables the plants to become 
well established, thus insuring a much heavier 
fall crop than would be possible if the first 
blossoms were allowed to mature berries. 
After the plants are one year old, it is not neces- 
sary to remove any blossoms. It will be perfect- 
ly proper to allow them to fruit the second year 
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