^ Sti^awberkies ^HovTo Grow Them ^ 
Tennessee Prolific, B. (Male) 
EARLY. Bisexual. Berries are medium large, 
bright crimson in color and rather long and corrugated in 
form; the seeds color up red as the berries ripen and are 
quite prominent; flesh is line-grained with plenty of juice 
and pink in color, and this variety is popular as a can- 
ner, while its close grained surface makes it a splendid 
shipper. It has a large calyx which projects over the 
berry as if trying to shade it. As its name implies, this 
variety is extremely prolific and enjoys widespread pop- 
ularity. It also produces large numbers of runners and 
the plants do not grow large in a propagating bed, but 
when restricted in the fruiting bed they stool up to mam- 
moth size. This makes the twentieth year we have had 
Tennessee Prolific under our method of selection, a fact 
which of itself testifies to its high quality. 
Success of One Who Follows the Kellogg Way 
UNDER date of Belmont, New Hampshire, July 26, 
1907, Francis A. Badger writes as follows: "The 
plants that came from you this spring were heeled in and 
set May 20th with roots pruned and only a single leaf 
left on, in checks three feet apart to admit the use of the 
cultivator both ways; and this was stopped a week ago 
as the runners were coming freely enough to begin form- 
ing hedge rows. Many of the plants connot be covered 
with a foot circle in sixty days from setting. I am well 
satisfied with your plants and methods and find that 
those who decry Kellogg plants and ways are like the 
disciple of old — 'following afar off.' We are still 
picking strawberries and will close out the month at it." 
Thoroughbred Plants in North Dakota 
P E. COOK of New England, N. D., writes: "I 
ordered two hundred Senator Dunlap plants of you 
in the spring of 1905. It was wholly an experiment, as 
Splendid, B. (Male) 
EARLY TO LATE. Bisexual. Its name is very 
suggestive of its character and it is in very truth "splen- 
did " in every particular. The berry is large, nearly 
round, of a bright-red color and is exceedingly popular 
on all markets where it has been sold. Its seeds are so 
nearly the same color as the berry that they are scarcely 
visible, and the attractiveness of this fruit in the box 
can scarcely be excelled. The berry is meaty and 
smooth and of melting texture, the interior colors being 
very marked; around the edges of bright red, which 
extends about one-third to the center; from this down 
to the center it is a creamy white. The calyx is small, 
bright green and spreads well over the end of the berry. 
Foliage has a spreading habit, is a dark glossy green, 
rather a long leaf with polished surface. For mating 
pistillates it is one of the very best, as the flowering sea- 
son is long and every flower full of strong pollen. For 
nine years we have been breeding Splendid. 
most of the wise heads told me they would not grow 
here. I followed your instructions as nearly as I could 
in taking care of these plants and the result was gratify- 
ing indeed. Such a sight as my patch presented no one 
ever before saw here, and in 1906 I picked one hun- 
dred and thirty-six quarts of the finest berries ever seen 
in the Northwest." 
Nothing but Thoroughbreds Suit Him 
A RKANSAS is becoming famous for its strawberries 
■* ^ and we have a long list of customers in that state 
who will set out notliing but Kellogg's strains. One 
friend is W. T. Shephard of Gillham, Ark., who writes: 
"I made $54.45 from the thousand plants I received 
from you, and have an entire acre to pick this coming 
spring (1907). We find that Kellogg's Thoroughbreds 
are the berries to grow in Arkansas." 
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