Michel's Early, B. (Male) 
EXTRA EARLY. Bisexual. One of the oldest 
varieties in cultivation and of universal popularity. It 
grows medium-sized crimson berries, evenly colored, with 
some' variation in form; some are nearly top-shaped 
while others are round, but this difference only adds to 
their beauty when attractively packed in boxes. The 
seeds are light brown with the exception of those on the 
tip end, the latter being of bright yellow. Michel's 
Early is a splendid shipper and has a rich mild flavor, 
with solid meat of deep pink. The calyx is medium in 
size and stands out straight; foliage is tall of light green 
with rather long leaves. The variety is famous as a 
runner maker, which prevents the plants from growing 
large in the propagating bed, but they develop a powerful 
crown and grow lots of berries. It is a strong pollen- 
izer also. This is our seventeenth year of selection and 
restriction of this variety. 
August Luther, B. ( Male ) 
EXTRA EARLY. Bisexual. MeJium-large, bright- 
colored berry, very round and full at the calyx and ta- 
pering to an obtuse point, with prominent seeds of rich 
yellow, shining on the bright-red surface like flecks of 
gold. The meal is wine-color, growing lighter toward 
the center, and is very fine grained and of mild, delicate 
flavor. The ample calyx curls back toward the stem and 
is attached to the berry by a small neck which makes 
easy and quick work when preparing them for the table. 
Its productiveness and high quality combined makes Au- 
gust Luther very popular, both as a market and family 
berry, as it adds to its other virtues that of being a 
splendid shipper. This is the ninth year August Luther 
has been in our breeding beds and with special care in 
making selection from the most promising mother plants, 
age only adds to its value. 
Plants Throve Notwithstanding the Cold 
|V/IANLEY MARK of New Hamburg, Ontario, un- 
' -l- der date June 28, 1907, writes us as follows: "All of 
the plants you shipped me about May I are growing 
and I think this was the coldest and most backward 
spring known in fifty years. Never expected they would 
grow, for 1 never had plants do so well before that 
were shipped so long a distance. " 
1344 Quarts from a Quarter of an Acre 
VV7RITING from Angola, Ind., Wesley Showalter 
says: "In the spring of 1905 I set out a patch 
100x105 feet, and in 1906 began picking the 1st of 
June and the last picking was the 13th of July. Alto- 
gether we picked 1,344 quarts of as fine berries as I ever 
saw, and the little patch netted me over $100.00, say 
nothing of the large quantities consumed by my family." 
Kellogg's Way of Packing Plants 
T JNDER date St. John's, Newfoundland, June 13, 
^ 1907, C. R. Steer of that city writes: "The plants 
you sent me arrived in splendid condition. I take this 
opportunity to thank you for the excellent way in which 
they were packed and also for the condition of the 
plants. What this means will be better appreciated 
when it is understood that plants for St. John's must be 
expressed to New York, where they are taken on board 
ship and carried the rest of the journey by sea. 
Pioneer says they were Perfectly Packed 
I RECEIVED my plants from you last season in the 
very best of shape," writes lone L. Phelps of Mon- 
roe, Wis. "I never had a little order so nicely packed, 
alt'io I have been sending for plants often for about 
forty years." 
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