GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
Copyright 1912 by R. M Kellogg Co.. Three Rivers. Mich. 
COUNTERS MAKING UP KELLOGG PLANTS INTO UNIFORM BUNCHES 
JK employ exper enced women counters to put up bunches of Kellogg plants. Each is instructed to carefully select the 
h„n.hi toplace twenty-six plants in every bunch. An inspector constantly supervises this work Trfquently taking 
bunches apart to see that the countmg .s correctly done. You should, therefore, always receive more than full count but it t 
shortage ever occurs let us know .mmediately an 1 it will be made good. We always carry out all X extracts to the letter 
beg-in to form, which is generally the latter 
part of June or the first of July. Then cul- 
tivation is confined to one way, and the work 
Encouraging continued until light freez- 
Plantsto Grow ^"^ f^"- ^ large force 
of hoemen follow the cultiva- 
tors, loosening the soil around the plants and 
layering the runners so they may root im- 
mediately after forming. This cultivation 
and hoeing maintains a perfect dust mulch 
over the entire surface and keeps any mois- 
ture brought up by capillary attraction from 
escaping by evaporation. The cultivation aer- 
ates the soil which keeps the bacteria active. 
It also destroys all seeds of obnoxious growth 
while in the germinating stage and prevents 
the growth of weeds. 
Just as soon as the plants begin to develop, 
our big spraying machines are started, spray- 
ing over the plants a mist of lime-sulphur so- 
Spraying lution. At intervals we u.se bor- 
the Plants cleaux mixture combined with ar- 
senate of lead. The lime-sulphur 
solution and bordeaux mixture prevent the 
development of any fungous disease, and the 
arsenate of lead prevents any leaf-chewing in- 
sects from attacking the plants. With this 
system of spraying we keep the digestive or- 
Covering Plants 
for the Winter 
gans of the plants in a perfectly healthy con- 
dition so they may digest and assimilate the 
food which has been incorporated into the 
soil for them. 
An important feature of our work is the 
mulching of our plants. As soon as light freez- 
ing begins in the early win- 
ter we cover the entire 100 
acres of plants with straw. 
This mulching protects the plants against sud- 
den thawing, should the sun shine brightly 
during the winter. This is to protect both 
roots and crowns of the plants so they may in 
no way be injured by alternate freezing and 
thawing. 
With this explanation we think it will be 
well understood that the Kellogg strain (.f 
Thoroughbred plants lack in no point of in- 
suring perfect success to those who set them 
and give them proper care. 
Our packing method is distinctly our own. 
The crates are so constructed that the crowns 
and foliage of the plants receive sufficient air 
to prevent the plants from „ 
becoming heated while in The Best Plant Pack- 
transit, if properly hand- ^^'''^'^ 
led by the transportation companies. The 
roots of the plants are packed in damp sphag- 
