LONGFELLOW THE LEADER OF EARLY VARIETIES 
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,N Longfellow we have a variety that has all of ^^'if^Z^^'^^^Te is Tnt^^'t^t^trl''^^^^^^^^ 
i of deep red color, which extends clear to the center. The outer sm j^., command 
best shippers. Longfellow is enormously productive of ff^^i-^^Xni "e^^ a beautiful lipht Ereen with 
top-notch prices. It has a long fru.tms ^nd .3 /"^^f ''/j^'^X fnio the soil and the plants withstand more drouth 
touKh leaf-tissues which are not affected by f""^"^- ™f ™°J^„».?i"^^^^ Its fruit is unusually sweet, 
than do most varieties. It is ^ ^t™"? ^.sexual and on^^^ U ev for'"- 1^ is handled very easily in 
This variety makes a laree number of strong J ™^''-?™°i„ "^ methods of selection and restriction, and to- 
the fruitins bed. This is the seventh year we have had the Longfel o^^^^ strawberries at Dixon, 111., 
day it is one of the most universally popular varieties known , flh'ii es Me^ that he is making our Longfellow and Staples 
advises us that he finds the Longfellow so P™''he a bearer of h,^^^^ ^^^^^ j„„„„. 
his leaders and finds them the best combina ™^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ had with Kellogg plants 
ing. written under date of June 3id. 19U, m amazed at the Longfellow variety. It is a fine berry and 
through following the Kellogg way. and says: J^l'T^P'^I^^'^^^^'J^y^^^ follow your advice is sure to succeed." 
the plants are loaded. I wish to thank you for your 1< "<^. .ff our Thoroughbred plants. 
And Mrs. C. P. Ply^P/on l';?^t2■ •'The^rong el low fre my P^^^^^^ The? are wonderful and I am.con- 
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novice would be apt to secure. Spray the plants 
as soon as any signs of fungous troubles appear, 
and the lime-sulphur solution will 
Remedies for immediately check their future 
Fungous Diseases sp,.gad. If you are unable to se- 
cure lime-sulphur solution quickly, then we advise 
you to use Bordeaux, which should be prepared as 
follows: Put four pounds of blue vitriol into a 
coarsely woven sack. Hang this sack of vitriol in 
a barrel containing 20 gallons of water, so that the 
bottom of the bag will rest on top of the water 
This will cause the vitriol quickly to dissolve and 
completely permeate the water. Now take tour 
pounds of lump lime, place it in a wooden vessel, 
pour ox'er it enough hot water to cover the lime- 
say two gallons. When the lime begins to slake, 
stir it to prevent burning. When it has become 
thoroughly slaked, pour it into a barrel whicli 
contains enough water to make 20 gallons of the 
lime solution. When cool stir thoroughly, and 
also stir the blue-vitriol solution m the same 
way. Then combine and mix them by vigorous 
stirring before spraying. 
MULCHING strawberry plants is a prime es- 
sential to the grower's success, and for sev- 
eral important reasons. One of these is the clean 
fruit which good mulching insures. Nothing is 
more distasteful and more unsightly than sandy, 
gritty strawberries, and the man who puts that 
sort of fruit on the market will have only himself 
to blame if he finds he is losing his trade. Clean 
fruit, well-ripened and carefully packed in boxes, 
is just as appetizing as it looks, and the average 
man would rather pay 25 cents for a 
quart of such fruit than to pay 10 cen ts ^f/^^p,"^ 
for the inferior sttilT so frequently 
found upon the markets. Fruit should be so 
clean as it lies on the straw that no cleaning pro- 
cess should ever be required. As to materials, 
any kind of straw will produce the desired results, 
but our first choice is wheat straw; our second 
