SMALL FRUITS AND HOV HE GROWS THEM 
The Kniffin System of Pruning Grapes. 
trained men who have been with us from the 
begfinning-. 
The perfection crate exposes leaves to the 
air while roots are imbedded in soft damp 
spagnam moss so they cannot dry out but 
g-row rig-ht along on the road to their destina- 
tion. 
The purchaser can take them direct to the 
field and set at once. In this case pour cold 
water on the box and give it a good soaking just 
before opening it and exposing the roots to air. 
If the ground is not ready they must not 
be left in the crates but thoroughly wet and 
every bunch opened and heeled in. Take a box 
and cover the bottom with sand or loam. Then 
take out a bunch and spread out thin and cover 
roots to the crown pressing the soil in so it will 
leave no open spaces in the roots. Add more 
plants and more soil and then set in the coldest 
place where there is light but no wind can 
strike them. They can be kept for weeks in 
this way. Keep soil only damp, not wet. 
If weather is not freezing heel in on the 
north side of a building or under a tree. Fol- 
low the directions for setting plants, cultivate 
at once, remove blossom buds and runners as 
directed and next year please send me a report 
how they do. We have hundreds of these let- 
ters and testimonials which we should be glad 
to publish if space would permit and we shall 
be glad to add your portrait to our horticul- 
tural gallery and evidence of the real value ot 
thoroughbred plants, and know of your success 
and prosperity. 
ROLL CALL. 
On the back cover will be seen our employes 
standing in rear of our residence answering to 
the noon day roll call. We love the boy but 
you notice none are present. They need too 
much watching. A lazy, careless man is never 
knowingly employed and promptly dismissed 
when found. These are all intelligent men, 
trained to do their assigned work exactly to 
rule They are paid good wages and all prize 
their places and thoroughly enjoy their work. 
They are divided for field work in gangs of 
four, with a foreman who is held responsible, 
and who places his number card in every box 
of plants he touches so we are able to trace any 
carelessness directly to him, so that great 
accuracy is secured and every man's work 
chimes in like the wheels of a clock. 
A man who labels a plant wrong or makes a 
mistake foots the bill, so you can rest assured 
mistakes are few and far between. 
NUMBER OF PLANTS REQUIRED TO 
SET ONE ACRE. 
STRAWBERRIES. 
GRAPES. 
18x30 
inches . 
._. 11,616 
7x 7 
feet 
888 
777 
30x30 
... 6,968 
7x 8 
18x34 
...10,250 
7x 9 
691 
34x34 
... 5,426 
7x10 
( ( 
662 
15x48 
It 
... 8,712 
8x 8 
680 
20x36 
(( 
... 8,712 
8x 9 
^ ( 
60S 
18x36 
ti 
... 9,680 
8x10 
t ( 
544 
36x36 
... 4,825 
8x11 
( i 
495 
18x42 
... 8,297 
8x12 
453 
18x48 
1 ( 
... 7,260 
RASPBERRIES, BLACKBERRIES, ETC. 
3x5 feet... 2,904 3x7 feet 2,074 
Sxft " 2,420 3x8 " ...1,815 
THE FUTURE OF FRUIT GROWING. 
The people have learned to love a fruit diet. 
The consumption is many times as large as a 
dozen years ago, and those who grow really 
delicious fruit will rarely or never fail of a 
ready market. 
In the preceding pages I have tried to explain 
the methods I have employed, and believe that 
those who enter the work with that enthusiasm 
which is born of success, will always find it a 
neat, clean, genteel business. 
The greatest need is to cultivate a determi- 
nation to be the leader, and never for a mo- 
ment entertain a thought of failure. 
If you expect no drawbacks, no annoyances, 
no blights, no frosts, no drouths, no seasons of 
low prices, you will probably be disappointed. 
Your energy and thoughtf ulness will guard 
against them. I repeat here, that for fifteen 
yearslhave never had an unprofitable season, 
and I can now look back and say as a whole it 
has been a life of delights and pleasures. 
People rush in when berries are very high, 
and the next season, there being a great acre- 
age, prices are low and they rush out again 
leaving the market to the "First Fiddlers." 
In conclusion permit me to bid you a God 
speed in the work. u. m. KELLOGG. 
