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Arizona, B. (Male) 
MEDIUM EARLY. Bisexual. Arizona is more 
nearly related to the "ever-bearing" family of strawber- 
ries than any other on our list. This means simply that 
in warmer climates or where summer lingers until late in 
the autumn a second crop is grown. But aside from 
this strong feature this variety possesses great merit, so 
that even our friends of the northern latitudes, find it ex- 
cellent for their purpose. It is great as a producer of 
large-sized, deep-red berries of a rich aromatic flavor 
which win and hold friends everywhere. The foliage 
is dark-green of medium size. This is the sixth year 
that we have had Arizona in our breeding beds, using 
mother plants for propagating purposes which show the 
strongest ever-bearing habit. 
strawberry is a great drinker of water, it does not do 
well with wet feet. Avoid cold spring soils, where the 
ground is saturated much of the time just when your 
plants should be making their best development. If 
you would mature your strawberries early, set them on 
a southerly slope, and if your desire is to have your 
fruit come on at the latest possible date, set your plants 
on a southerly slope. 
Thoroughbreds Thrive Through Flood and Drouth 
•IP B. DAVID of Clyde, Ark., writes us at length 
^ • of his experience with Kellogg plants under try- 
ing conditions: 
"I deem it my duty to tell you my success in raising 
berries. In the spring of 1903 a neighbor and myself 
sent to you for a few plants, as we both wanted them 
for family use. In due time the plants came. I set 
my part out at once — eight rows across my garden, 
which is thirty-five yards wide — and cultivated them 
good under the matted row system. The next spring, 
1904, such a patch of berries I never saw. I surely 
had got the worth of my money! My neighbors said 
they never had seen anything like them. The season 
was very wet during the ripening time and there were 
Midnight, B. (Male) 
LATE. B isexual. Midnight stands out among its 
fellows with striking individuality. It has a large pink 
berry, broad and thick at the stem end, tapering down 
to a fine point somewhat wedge shaped. The flesh 
always is white, having a texture not unlike the white- 
meated peach. One never ate a richer of sweeter 
berry; just the kind to grow in family gardens. It is 
one of the very latest and will prolong the season be- 
yond any other variety on the list. It was called 
Midnight for the reason that it ripens its berries up to 
the last hour of the strawberry season. It produces its 
fine fruit in very large quantities and is an excellent 
shipper. The foliage is a handsome glossy dark-green 
of spreading nature; its crowns usually are large and 
numerous; its lateness in bloom makes it almost im- 
mune from frost. As a pollenizer it is ideal. This is 
the sixth year in our breeding beds. 
lots of them that rotted, for they just lay piled up on 
top of one another. We gathered and measured 
seventy-four gallons besides what were eaten in the 
patch. Well, after they got through bearing I barred 
them o6f and chopped them out with the hoe and culti- 
vated them again good, and in the spring of 1905 set 
out fourteen rows more across my garden, and that 
was another wet spring and we got about the same num- 
ber of berries off of my old plants. So last spring, 1906, 
we had twenty-two rows to pick, but instead of its be- 
ing wet it was very dry and lots of the berries would 
just cook in the sun; you might pass by the patch and 
they would just smell like cooking them on the stove. 
But we got 145 gallons as it was, and it was one 
month to a day from the first picking to the last." 
Meaning of Bud Variation 
"W/HEN we speak of bud variation we refer simply 
to any change in the glands of the plant which 
will cause it to produce a different fruit. These varia- 
tions are constantly going on in all trees and plants prop- 
