A MAIL CARRIER'S STRAWBERRY BED. 
LJERE we show a beautiful and cozy home with a well kept strawberry bed in the rear, owned by IVlr. Webb 
* * Walters, one of Three Rivers' mail carriers. When you order thoroughbred plants or write to the R. M. 
Kellogg Co. , this is the carrier who brings your letter to our office. During the busy season when orders are 
pouring in at a rapid rate, we receive about 2,000 letters and postal cards per'day; this makes a big load, but no 
matter how heavy the mail is, Mr. Walters always carries a big smile, which grows larger as the mail increases. 
This is his every day face you see in the picture, but why should he not be happy with a loving wife, two sweet 
baby girls and such a cozy home to keep them in.' His bed of thoroughbred strawberry plants, plenty of fresh 
vegetables and a coop full of chickens are grown on the back part of one city lot. Now can you offer any excuse 
for not having a nice strawberry bed.' 
they have been selected from a long line of ideal 
mother plants, which can be traced back far 
enough lo insure that their high qualities have 
been permanently fixed in them and like the 
horseman, see to it that they are well cared for, 
neglecting nothing that will contribute to their 
success. 
The Pedigree of a Plant 
PEDKjREE is a detailed description of an- 
cestry in a lineal de.scent. Of course, 
everything which has life has a pedigree, 
but the word is used in a technical sense. 
When we speak of a "pedigree" horse or a 
"pedigree" cow we do not mean a common 
cow, but one skillfully bred. Not only pure in 
blood, but grown in such a way as to develop 
the best qualities in the individual. 
The term "pedigree strawberry" is especial- 
ly applicable because it takes many years to 
breed it up by high tillage, selection and re- 
striction. 
Suppose you take a variety which has been 
introduced and cultivated ten years, the berry 
grower following the plan of taking tip plants 
in the path or alley poorly developed and of- 
ten from an old bed. This would destroy the 
harmony or balance between the vegetable, and 
fruit producing organism of the plants, some too 
strong in seed organism and weak in foliage, 
and vice versa. 
You would not call these plants "pedigree" 
plants, because they have not been developed 
by skillful culture, selection and restriction. 
Just like the barn-yard animals bred any and 
every way, they would be properly designated as 
common stock because of indifferent ability to 
produce milk or beef. 
A pedigree plant is one known to have re- 
ceived every possible attention in the way of 
food and culture, restricted in its fruitage to 
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