Strawberries ^HovTo Grow Them 
Haverland, P. (Female) 
MEDIUM. Pistillate. A long and large berry, 
bright crimson where the sun strikes it directly, shading 
to a light red on the other side, rather full and round at 
the stem end, gradually tapering to an obtuse point; the 
seeds are all bright yellow and just prominent enough (o 
add to the handsome appearance of the berry over 
which the calyx gracefully falls. It would be difficult 
to find a berry presenting a more tempting appearance 
in the box than does the Haverland. The foliage is 
tall, of a spreading habit, with a long dark leaf. This 
variety sends out large stocky runners and makes strong, 
vigorous and productive plants. It is notably resistant 
to frost. After eighteen years of careful breeding of 
the Haverland and having noted its performance year 
by year, we can, without hesitation, recommend every 
grower to give it a large portion of the space in his 
strawberry fields. 
Senator Dunlap, B. (Male) 
MEDIUM TO LATE. Bisexual. One of the most 
popular varieties known to the strawberry world, a pop- 
ularity based upon its extraordinary record. Dunlap is 
a producer of large and handsome fruit, rich dark-red 
with glossy finish shading to deep scarlet on the under 
side and prominent bright yellow seeds that look like 
gold imbedded in highly colored wax. A strong feature 
of the fruit is its uniformity in size and shape. The 
meat is a bright-red, of delicate flavor and exceedingly 
juicy. The foliage of the Dunlap is tall, bright-green, 
upright with a long leaf; it develops an unusually heavy 
crown system, it being no uncommon thing to find hills 
with fifteen to eighteen crowns. Another strong point is 
its long flowering season, and the bloom is exceedingly 
rich in pollen, making it very valuable as a mate to 
pistillates of even season. This is the tenth year we 
have bred our strain of Dunlaps and every year shows 
its increasing popularity. 
cares and vexations of a country practice. The soil used 
was clay, but not very stiff. It had been in potatoes — 
had a good coat of manure and careful preparation for 
plants. Thorough cultivation was given, and a dressing 
of nitrate of soda this spring. 
"While to my regret I haven't something big to re- 
port, still considering cold weather conditions and five 
days of foggy, wet weather in mid-ripening season, with- 
out so much as a day of sunshine, I fell that the plants 
did well in number of quarts produced. As to quality — 
'the biggest and best flavored berries ever seen,' was the 
common verdict of my friends and customers. My patch 
of one-sixth acre yielded 520 quarts; average price, 10.6 
cents. Now $330.00 an acre is not 'big' or unusual, but 
I lake off my hat to Kellogg plants and all they claim 
for them — if dirccliom are followed. 
"The four most productive varieties with me were 
Haverland, Enormous, Climax, Senator Dunlap in the 
order named. I measured each variety as picked, so 
there is no guess-work in my figures. My largest ber- 
ries were Pride of Michigan, New York, Bubach, 
Klondike. The largest berry measured 7 x 6 j/2 
inches. Twenty-one of the biggest filled a quart box. 
"The question of proper mating is an important one 
and I feel there is an advantage to be gained by having 
different varieties in proximity even if ihey are bisexual. 
Freaks in blooming are sometimes seen. For instance, 
my row of Enormous bloomed very late and matured its 
fruit very rapidly. 1 had it between Senator Dunlap 
and New York, but 1 am of the opinion that it re- 
