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Klondike, B. (Male) 
MEDIUM. Bisexual. This variety is noted for its 
beautiful and uniform shape and rich blood-red color 
which extends throughout the entire berry. It cannot 
be said to be either sweet or sour, but has a mild flavor 
unlike any other and very delicious; it also is quite 
juicy. The calyx of this variety is small, curling back 
towards the stem. The foliage is light-green, tall and 
compact, with medium-sized leaves, runners form abund- 
antly and plants grow large and develop as many 
crowns as any variety on our list. Although Klondike 
is a bisexual variety, it has no great pollenizing power 
and we advise all customers to set near it another bi- 
sexual of the same season. Parson's Beauty or Senator 
Dunlap would be fine to set with the Klondike. This 
is the sixth year we have had it in our breeding beds 
and we can advise our customers everywhere to set 
largely of this variety. 
Wm. Belt, B. (Male) 
MEDIUM TO I.ATE. Bisexual. Matures a very 
large berry of great beauty, bright red, the rich color 
extending to the heart. It is very rich, juicy and meaty 
and in every way a desirable berry for table purposes. 
The yellow seeds only emphasize by contrast the beau- 
tiful bright-red surface and give a sparkling effect to 
the fruit, making it particularly attractive on the mar- 
ket. The calyx is rather small for so large a berry. 
It has an extra tall light-green foliage, and the berries 
grow quite evenly distributed throughout the vines. It 
is an ideal pollenizer and has a long blooming season. 
This variety varies somewhat in form, but the illustra- 
tion at the head of the column represents an average 
type. We have had the Belt in our breeding bed for 
twelve years constantly developing its strongest points 
by selection from the healthiest and most vigorous 
mother plants. 
Set Plants Only in the Spring 
IV /[ANY letters reach us from all the country over 
asking that we deliver our plants throughout the 
later summer and autumn months. This we uniformly 
decline to do, because, in the Northern slates at least, 
the risk to anyone in setting plants at any other than the 
spring season is very great, and it is true that the larg- 
est results never are secured from plants that are set in 
the summer or autumn. The strawberry plant may be 
compared to a tree, and we all know that trees must 
have time to build up their fruit-producing organism be- 
fore they can yield a crop of fruit. In the northern 
latitudes, from three to four years is required before 
any fruit from trees is to be had. The strawberry plant 
must have at least one full growing season free from 
pollen exhaustion in order to develop its fruit-producing 
organism to the point where highest results may be had, 
either as to quality of fruit or quantity of yield. 
While it is true that in southern latitudes strawber- 
ries may be sel with large success in the fall, and while 
it is also true that in some northern latitudes where all 
of the conditions are perfect for fall setting, success 
sometimes may be had with plants, yet the fact remains 
that to be uniformly successful and to secure the very 
largest results, plants should be set in the spring as early 
as soil and weather conditions will permit, and then, by 
carefully removing all blossoms as they appear, thus 
allowing all the strength to go to the development of a 
great crown and strong fruit-producing organism, you 
may be certain of great yields of fancy fruit. 
None but Good Plants from Kellogg' s 
I BOUGHT 5,000 plants from you last year, 
■'■ writes P. Pfeiffer of Racine, Wis., "and they 
grew fine. Do nol think I lost thirty out of the entire 
number." 
