Michel's Early, B. (Male.) 
EXTRA EARLY. Bisexual, and one of the old- 
est in cultivation, with medium-sized crimion berries, 
evenly colored all over, with juit a little variation in 
form; some are nea.-ly top-shaped, while others are 
round. This difference only adds to their beauty 
when nicely placed in boxes. All the seeJs are light 
brown except on the tip end; these are a bright yellow. 
The surface is rather dry, ma'.cing it asplendid shipper; 
it has a very rich, mild flavor, quite solid meat, of 
deep pink. The cal/x is medium, and stands out 
straight. It is positively one of the beit table berries 
in the extra-early list, and some southern growers still 
cling to it for their early market berry. 
The foliage is tall, of light green, with rather long 
leaves; it makes lots of runners, which prevents the 
plants from growing large in the propagating led, but 
just keep them restricted to narrow rows, and they will 
develop a big crown system. The bloom is full of 
rich pollen, making it a good safe variety for mating 
purposes. 
On account of making so many runners, it should 
be grown in the single hedge row; this gives each plajt 
a good chance to spread out and make plenty of buds. 
A great many growers fail to get satisfactcy returns 
from it because they allow them to mat too thickly. 
When packing, set top layer of berries on end; this 
shows only the crimson tips with yellow seeds, and 
makes a better appearing package thin if laid in care- 
lessly. This makes the fifteenth year of selection and 
restriction. Our sales last season for Michel's Early 
showed a big increase over former years, and we have 
grown a larger crop than ever for this season's trade. 
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Broke all the Recordi 
CROM British Columbia A. J. 'Wigen of Creston, 
* in that far-off section, writes: "It is with great 
pleasure I write you after harvesting mj first crop of 
strawberries from 8,500 plants received from you in the 
spring of 1904. The result has been 650 24-quart 
crates, selling at an average of about $2 per crate and 
netting for myself and son's labor about $800. I have 
broken all records in Kootenay, and my product is the 
talk of the district. " 
Tennessee Prolific, B. (Male.) 
EARLY. Bisexual. Extremely prolific, of medium 
large, bright crimson berries that are rather long and 
corrugated, the seeds color up red as the berries ripen 
and are quite prominent. It has a fine-grained flesh 
of rich pink, with plenty of juice to make it good for 
all table purposes, as well as for canning, and its close- 
grained surface makes it a splendid shipper. It has a 
large calyx which droops over the berry as if trying to 
shade it, making a pretty contrast of bright red and 
green. 
The foliage is tall, light green, having sin upright 
habit and long, heavy fruit stems; when in full bloom, 
the entire foliage is almost covered with white and yel- 
low; this, with pretty g.-een leaves as a background, 
makes a perfect flower garden. It is a splendid pollen- 
izer and is largely used for that purpose. Owing to 
its tendency to make many nmners, it is impossible for 
the plants to grow large in a propagating bed, but they 
get down to business and stool up to mammoth size 
in the fruiting bed when restricted to single hedge 
rows. It is not fastidious as to soil; its long roots go 
deep down, enabling the plant to stand a drouth well. 
Pack the berries with top layer on their sides with 
brightest cheek up; this will catch the eye and pur- 
chasers will not expect to buy them at the regular mar- 
ket price, but will be willing to pay extra to get them. 
The grower who takes pride in arranging his fruit 
tastefully is justly entitled to a good profit. 
This makes the eighteenth year we have had Ten- 
nessee Prolific under our method of selection, which 
in itself should be a guarantee of its high quality. 
Bud Variation 
DUD variation is any change in the glands of the 
plant which shall cause it to produce a different 
fruit. These variations are constantly going on in all 
trees and plants propagated by buds, cuttings and run- 
ners and lay the foundation for improving them. This 
is the basis of the Kellogg idea, and it has been proved 
to be correct by years of steady improvement of the 
strawberry plant through selection and restriction. 
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