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Warfield, P. (Female) 
EARLY. Pistillate. One of the most universally 
popular varieties of strawberries ever grown, combining 
as it does so many excellent qualities. It has a large, 
beautiful top-shaped berry with glossy dark-red exterior 
that does not fade or become dull after picking. The 
inner part is a rich dark-red clear to the center and ex- 
ceedingly juicy, just larl enough to be enjoyable. It is 
one of the most popular berries for canning ever known. 
The neat slender stem and green calyx join the berry 
in such a way as to form a short neck, which adds much 
to the beauty of the fruit. As a shipper it has no supe- 
rior, as its firmness and bright lustre are retained for days 
after the berries are picked. The Warfield has a long 
fruiting season and yields a large picking every day for 
several weeks, which is one of the features that make it 
so productive and profitable and hence so popular. 
This is the twenty-first year of selection in our breeding 
beds. 
Parsons' Beauty, B. (Male) 
MEDIUM. Bisexual. Produces remarkable yields 
of bright-red berries of delicious and mild flavor, which 
is retained after being cooked; few varieties equal il for 
canning purposes. Its seeds stand out upon the surface 
of the fruit more prominently than is the case with 
any other variety we ever have seen, making a striking 
effect indeed and one which never fails to attract 
favorable attention on the market. The calyx is rather 
bushy and the stem is heavy. The foliage is upright 
in form with a rather long dark-green and leathery 
leaf. If is one of the best pollenizers of its season, the 
bloom being extra large and exceedingly rich. The 
plant makes very long runners. This variety is of 
universal popularity, succeeding in all soils and under 
all climatic conditions. We have had it under our 
methods of selection for six years and it is making such 
a fine record that we heartily recommend it to all 
growers. 
Takes off His Hat to Kellogg Plants 
/^NE of the enthusiastic strawberry growers of Mary- 
land is Dr. T. Clyde Roulson of Buckeyestown, 
The following letter is so interesting and suggestive that 
we take pleasure in reproducing it here: 
"I suppose," he says in a letter dated July 4, 1907, 
"that you are like the rest of mankind, glad to hear 
that your customers are pleased with what you sell them. 
April, 1906, I put out 1,200 Kellogg strawberry plants. 
I selected seventeen different varieties, as I wanted to 
test their adaptability to soil and climate. 
"This spring we, in common with many other states. 
have had unusual weather conditions, and il is really 
wonderful that we have any fruit at all. More than one 
morning I found blossoms and buds in a cake of ice, and 
frost after frost was the order of the day. 
"Up to the time (1899) when I entered upon the 
practice of my profession I was engaged at home in 
strawberry and fruit culture, but the idea of thoroughbred 
plants, plant restriction and the more intensive cultural 
methods, did not appeal to me as of late. The work in 
my patch of one-sixth of an acre was done with hoe and 
Planet Jr. hand plow, and an hour or two spent in that 
way was often a great relief and a diversion from the 
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