Love«. B. (Male.) 
EARLY. Bisexual. A rather large berry of deep 
crimson color. While the majority of them are conical, 
with long points, there are a few broad, wedge-shaped 
specimens, which make a beautiful appearance when 
nicely arranged in the box. The seeds are a bright 
yellow, extending well out from the surface, producing 
a charming effect. It is a beautiful berry when cut 
open, as the flesh is a rich dark red and very juicy, 
with enough tartness to make it a good canner. The 
calyx is very small, part of which lies flat on the berry, 
the rest curls back with stem. It stands shipping well 
and will hold its bright color as long as any berry we 
know. All these good qualities, coupled with its 
wonderful productiveness, make it one of the most 
profitable of the standard varieties. The foliage is a 
dark green, with a medium sized, glossy leaf; it is not 
a tall grower, but has plenty of foliage, which spreads 
out over the fruit to protect it from the hot sun; this is 
a point worth considering in any variety. The Lovett 
probably is one of the heaviest bloomers and most 
popular pollenizers of any variety in its season. In or- 
der to give them every advantage possible, they should 
be grown in double hedge rows; this will furnish plenty 
of plants to produce a big crop of perfectly developed 
berries, without any petting or extra care. The mos^ 
attractive way for packing them is to place the top 
layer partly on their sides; this gives the most glossy 
effect and helps to get good prices. This makes the 
fourteenth year it has been under our methods of selec- 
tion and we are highly ple.ised with its behavior. The 
demand for our strain of Lovetts has increased to 
such an extent that it was impossible for us to fill all 
the orders for it last season, and we have every reason 
to believe that there will be a heavier demand this 
year, and so ive largely have increased our acreage. 
A LETTER from H. A. Todd, proprietor of the 
Round Hill Farm, Arago, Oregon, dated July 
."^l, 1905, says: "I have closed a very successful yeai 
with Kellogg Thoroughbred plants. Season from 
May 13 to July 22." Ten weeks is a long time for 
one plantation to yield strawberries, but the Thorough- 
breds are the ones to do it with. 
Splendid, B. (Male.) 
EARLY TO LA TE. Bisexual. No one possibly 
could choose a more appropriate name for this variety, 
as it is surely "splendid" in every particular. It is 
large, nearly round, of a bright red color, a good ship- 
per and exceedingly popular on all markets where it has 
been sold. Its seeds are so nearly the same color as the 
berry that they are scarcely visible, and thus give it a 
more attractive appearance. The interior is made up 
of two colors; around the edges a bright red which ex- 
tends about one-third of the way to the center; from 
this point to center a creamy white. The berry is very 
meaty and smooth, and of melting texture. The calyx 
is very small, bright green and spreads well over the 
end of the berry. The foliage has a spreading habit, 
is a dark, glossy green, rather long leaf with a polished 
surface. The fruit stems extend in all directions 
through the foliage, and when berries are ripe they lie 
so thickly all through the row that it makes a veritable 
carpet of bright red and green. We have seen them 
lie so thick as almost to cover the mulching the full 
width of rows. Readers may better imagine this 
lovely display than we can descrioe it. A large num- 
ber of our customers enjoy this scene of beauty right 
on their own grounds. It begins immediately after 
the bloom opens, when it is a perfect sea of white and 
yellow. For mating pistillates it is one of the 
very best, as the flowering season is long and every 
flower full of strong pollen. Grow them in double 
hedge rows; it also gives splendid results in narrow 
matted rows if plants are well spread out. Forty 
pounds of nitrate of soda to each acre, applied after 
growth begins, and the same amount before the buds 
open, will do wonders toward making a larger and 
thicker foliage, also toward increasing the size and 
color of fruit. Pack the berries on stem ends, placing 
top layer in rows, and we v^'ill guarantee that there will 
be no trouble in finding more buyers than can be sup- 
plied. We started to breed it up shortly after its first 
introduction, and it is now free from variations, both 
in fruit and foliage. 
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