GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
CopyrisJht 1912 by R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers. Mich. 
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INTERIOK VIEW OF KELLOGG'S PACKING HOUSE AT SHIPPING TIME 
AATITH a large force of packers, counters and markers from the day the digging of our plants begins in the Spring, this great 
packing and shipping room presents a scene of interesting activity throughout the shipping season. A tag bearing the 
name of tlie particular variety is attached to each of our specially constructed hooded baskets in the field, and this tag accom- 
panies the plants every step of the way until they are actually placed in the shipping crate, thus insuring our customers that 
they get just the plants ordered and every plant true to name. Our newest crate and latest packing methods are of our own 
devising, and insure the perfect delivery of plants at destination, no matter how great the distance or ho.v large the order. 
num moss. There is sufficient moisture in this 
moss to keep the roots moist and fresh, should 
they be in transit several weeks. Indeed, as 
an experiment, we have packed plants and 
set them in the attic of our packing house, 
which is decidedly warm at times, and have 
kept them there for a mimth, and when we 
opened the plants they v ere still in splendid 
condition. 
During the shipping season of 1912 we car- 
ried forward extensive experiments with 
different styles of crates. These experiments 
have resulted in the designing of a crate that 
will carry plants to the most distant parts of 
the United States and Canada, and even to 
foreign countries, in perfect condition. We 
made hundreds of shipments of plants dur- 
ing the latter part of May 
and first part of June, using 
these newly designed crates, 
and many customers who received the plants 
of these late shipments advised us that the 
plants reached them in as fresh condition as 
the day they were dug. One of these ship- 
ments went to a California customer, and he 
writes that when he opened the plants they 
looked as if they had been dug the day be- 
fore, and that they were the finest plants he 
ever received. These plants traveled a dis- 
tance of not less than 2500 miles, and these 
experiences convince us beyond any doubt 
that by our new method of packing plants 
we can send them late in the season to the re- 
Makes Late 
shipments Safe 
motest parts. Notwithstanding this fact, we 
urge our customers to have their plants 
shipped to them just as early in the spring as 
possible, for the earlier plants are set after 
spring opens the more certain you will be to 
get a perfect stand. All customers will find 
it to their interest to have their plants come 
forward early, and if weather or soil condi- 
tions are not just right, heel in the plants un- 
til they are right. Then you will be in po- 
sition to set them at the most desirable time. 
Kellogg Plants Succeed Everywhere 
THE more trying the season the more 
clearly do the Kellogg Thoroughbred 
Pedigree strawberry plants demonstrate 
their superiority. The season of 1911-12 was 
one that tried the skill of every horticulturist 
and tested the powers of endurance of plants 
of all kinds. A drouth of unprecedented se- 
verity, including in its sweep nearly every 
section of the North American continent, 
came on in the latter days of April, just in 
the midst of the planting season and when 
the new-set plants were just putting out their 
feeding roots. The drouth continued almost 
unbrokenly for many weeks in some localities 
and for many months in others. The aggre- 
gate loss to farmers and horticulturists ex- 
ceeded by far one billion dollars as is shown 
by the reports of the United States Depart- 
ment of Agriculture. Under these condi- 
