JOHN ROBERTSON OF ILLINOIS SENDS US THIS PICTURE OF HIS PEDIGREE PLANTS 
THESE plants have fruited one big crop of berries and are now blossoming heavily, getting ready for the second 
year's crop. The straight rows, mulching between the rows, and no weeds shows that Mr. Robertson follows m- 
tensive cultural methods. 
est number of quarts from these 600 plants in 1918 
will receive our check for $10.00, and the one 
growing the next greatest number, our check for 
$5.00. The report for 1918 must be in our hands 
on or before December 10, 1918. 
I The boy or girl sending us the best photograph 
of these plants taken any time during October, 
1917 will receive our check for $5.00, and the one 
sending the next best, our check for $2.50. 
Should any one boy or girl win first prize in 
1917, both on yield of everbearers and photo- 
graph, this winner will receive an additional prize 
of $5.00, making in all a total of $20.00. 
The winning photographs will be reproduced in 
our Great Crops of Strawberries and How to 
Grow Them, and if the winners send us their 
own photograph, we will also show them in our 
book. The photographs will be judged by our 
photographer, who is in no way interested in 
any contestant. 
This contest is open only to girls and boys un- 
der twenty years of age. , . , , 
These prizes are well worth working for and 
will be received at just the right time to help you 
get your Christmas gifts, should you desire to 
use the money for that purpose. It is well worth 
while for any boy or girl to become a member of 
this club, and those who enter with a determina- 
tion to win cannot possibly lose, for even though 
you should fail to win a prize, the increased crop 
resulting from your efforts would greatly add to 
your income, and at the same time you will learn 
how to grow big crops of strawberries of a quality 
that always tops the market. , . , , ^ 
Now, boys and girls, we are looking forward to 
big reports, and we are sure that you are not go- 
ing to disappoint us. Just read this book care- 
fully, follow the cultural methods, do your dead 
level best, and we are sure you will be generously 
repaid for your efforts. 
Kellogg's Everbearing Plants 
THE everbearers are no longer an experiment; 
they are a wonderful success. They are just 
as certain to fruit in the late summer and fall 
months as the standard varieties are to fruit in 
the spring or early summer months. Everbear- 
ing plants should have their blossoms removed 
until the middle of June or first of July the season 
the plants are set, after which time, they may be 
allowed to fruit without any injury whatever to 
the plants. The berries will begin ripening in 
August and from that time until freezing weather, 
the plants will be loaded with blossoms and berries 
in all stages of development. We frequently 
have seen the everbearers produce as much as 
one quart of berries per plant the same season 
the plants were set. The following season these 
same plants will produce an average of about 
one quart per plant during the early summer 
months, or at the time when standard varieties 
are fruiting, and the same quantity during the 
late summer and fall months. The berries pro- 
duced in the fall by these varieties are even lar- 
ger than those produced in the spring and early 
summer. , , ■, j -,i 
The everbearers are extremely hardy and will 
stand more adverse conditions than any other va- 
rieties. It has been our experience that they are 
not affected by either heat, drouth, excessive wet 
weather, or frost. In 1914, before we had in- 
stalled our irrigation system, it was extremely 
hot and dry, and in 1915, it was very cool and 
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