R. At. KELLOaO'S GREAT CROPS OF \- 
chased a new farm and .shall conduct exten- 
sive experimental g'ardens, growing- all the 
fruits introduced to the public so as to de- 
termine their true value before sending- 
them to customers. 
Tliti IlUliAtU. 
SPURIOUS VARIETIES. 
Where plants are fruited more than once 
many berries are allowed to rot on the 
g^round and the seeds g^row and take their 
place among- the other plants. These seed- 
lings are almost invariably from berries 
which were not larg-e enoug-h to pick. This 
is usually the result of low potency of pol- 
len. Now these plants may and usually do 
resemble the parent plant and yet not one in 
ten thousand w ill be equal to them in fruitinj^ 
qualities. They always make runners very 
much more freely than good fruiting^ stock 
and thus soon thoroughly occupy the ground 
and drive the genuine plants out. Thus it 
is that nursery men who keep ' stock beds" 
are deluging the market with this mixed or 
spurious stock, incapable of giving returns 
for labor expended on them. 
The Haveki.and. 
TESTING NEW VARIETIES. 
Originators of new varieties too often ruin 
their plants by letting them fruit to utter 
exhaustion to make a reputation and gain 
notoriety, and then take runners from them 
and send to other growers who in turn let 
them fruit heavily and propagate from them, 
and thus they become worthless. 
To test such plants for the purpose of 
ascertaining their adaptability to your soil 
and location is misleading. In experiment- 
ing with new varieties we always order 
double the amount desired for fruiting, tak- 
ing one-half for testing and use the bal- 
ance to breed up by restriction and selection 
and if found a desirable variety we propa- 
gate only from the latter to send out to pur- 
chasers. 
In many instances the first plants show no 
valuable characteristics but later when im- 
proved by breeding ujj are very valuable. 
It always requires several years to deter- 
mine the value of any new variety. The 
greatest care should be used to send to reli- 
able propagators to get original and im- 
proved stock and then see that it is kept 
up to the highest standard of fruiting vigor. 
Tnr. LoviiiT. 
THE SEASON OF 1895 
Has proven the most disa.strous for many 
years. Heavy May and June frosts were 
followed by a drouth without a parallel in 
the history of the country. The season of 
1894 was precious little better. They are 
seasons not at all likely to occur again in 
many years. It will weed out only the poor 
and slovenly growers and elevate the stand- 
ard of production, and thus greatly increase 
consumption of fruit by raising the quality. 
Dry and frosty seasons have always been 
our most profitable years (we have never 
had an unprofitable season). There is no 
