GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
Copyright 1915 by R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 
FORWARD TAKES A LEADING PLACE AMONG EVERBEARERS 
FORWARD is one of the three later originations of Samuel Cooper who developed the original ever-bearing strawberry and 
whose activities in this line have been very great during the last fifteen years. Forward is a cross oi "Autumn" and 
"Cooper." The blossoms of this variety are perfect. The plants are strong, healthy growers both of plants and fruit. The 
fruit is large, firm, dark red and round as a top. The quality is good and the fruit nevpr is misshapen. This variety fruits 
from June to November. No one should fail to order a generous number of this variety. Grown only at our Three Rivers farm. 
cultivating, spraying and mulching, are the same 
as for the standard varieties. The growing of 
everbearing varieties is a very interesting as 
well as a very profitable work. 
A Word About Prices 
'T'HE price of everbearing varieties, although far 
below the prices charged two or three years 
ago, remains relatively high, and sometimes our 
customers ask why this is so. There are two 
valid reasons for this situation, one of them being 
that it is the nature of the everbearers to 
produce large quantities of fruit, and to produce 
few runners as compared with the standard va- 
rieties. In other words, the cost of production 
is much higher in the case of everbearers than is 
true of other varieties. The other reason is that 
the demand for the everbearers continues to keep 
far in advance of the supply. Last season, for 
instance, nurserymen all over the United States 
found themselves unable to supply the demand; 
in fact, were millions of plants short of the 
country's requirements. Under these circum- 
stances, it readily will be seen that the price for 
everbearers must for some time to come be 
higher than the price for the standard varieties. 
An Interesting Record 
/^NE of the very satisfactory features of the 
" business of the R. M. Kellogg Company is the 
fact that "once a customer always a customer ', 
and this is true in countless cases. One of our 
customers who has purchased and set the Kellogg 
Pedigree plants for a long term of years is Chas. 
J. Hinkle of St. Clairsville, Ohio. Herewith we 
present his file card showing that since 1904 there 
has been no year in which he has not purchased 
a generous number of our plants: 
Chas. J. Hinkle, St. Clairsville, Ohio, R. No. 4 
DATE 
ORDER 
AMOUNT 
DATE 
ORDER 
AMOUNT 
SHIPPED 
NO. 
SHIPPED 
NO. 
1904 
2867 
$17.76 
3-31-10 
6723 
S39.00 
1905 
244 
14.50 
4-19-11 
6o62 
36.00 
1906 
5065 
14.00 
4-17-12 
6351 
30.00 
1907 
1738 
30.00 
4-22-13 
6433 
32.86 
4-4-08 
8200 
28.75_ 
4-16-14" 
6688 
30.95 
4-19-09 
6864 
42,00 
4-13-16 
6859 
26.40 
This record is more eloquent than any state- 
ment we could formulate as to the quality and 
desirability of the Kellogg's Thoroughbred plants. 
Why Progressive is Popular 
WRITING under date of September 17, 1915, 
Dr. Albert L. Yocom of Iowa says: "Last 
spi'ing I purchased from you about 9,000 plants. 
They have made a wonderful growth, and I am 
more than pleased with my prospect. I set out 
200 Progressive plants and they are the wonder 
of this community. We have had strawberries 
since the first week in July from these ever- 
bearers. They continue to bear, and new blooms 
are a daily occurrence. If I had paid you $150 for 
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