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GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
Copyright 1912 by R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 
Parsons' Beauty, B. ( Male ) 
MEDIUIVI. Bisexual. This variety, which 
is prolific everywhere, has special quali- 
ties that make it peculiarly valuable in 
hi^h altitudes and in the colder sections 
of the continent. In the inter-mountain 
states it ranks very high, and out of 32 
varieties prown at an altitude of nearly 
seven thousand feet in Colorado Parsons" 
Beauty easily led. Our Idaho, Wyoming 
and Montana growers report the same 
excellent success with this variety. The 
berries of this variety are bright-red and 
are of mild and delicious flavor. Com- 
mercial growers have another reason for 
liking this variety in that it is one of the 
most attractive berries when placed on 
the market. 
Grown at Three Rivers and Twin Falls. 
New York, B. (Male) 
MEDIUM TO LATE. Bisexual. New 
York produces exceptionally beautiful 
berries. It belongs to the order of 
plants which produces strictly fancy 
fruit, and when grown for large city 
markets never lails to command the veiy 
highest prices. In color New York is 
bright blood-red with shiny surface, and 
has seeds of nearly the same color which 
are so deeply imbedded as to be almost 
invisible. In flavor the fruit is delicate- 
ly mild, and the meat is of smooth tex- 
ture. It is a prolific yielder and has a 
very long ripening season. We have had 
New York under our methods of breed- 
ing and selection for thirteen years and 
its popularity increases with the years. 
Grown at Three Rivers and Twin Falls. 
Klondike, B. (Male) 
MEDIUM. Bisexual. Popular every- 
where because of its immense yields of 
delicious fruit. Klondike is particularly 
favored in the Southern and Southwest- 
ern states, and is largely grown on the 
Pacific coast. It is native to the South, 
but has a steadily increasing vogue in 
the Northerly states. Uniform in shape, 
of a rich blood-red color, which extends 
from circumference to center, Klondike 
presents such a fine appearance when 
placed upon the market as to win imme- 
diate admiration and sale. In flavor it is 
deliciously mild, quite unlike any other 
variety with which we are familiar, and 
it is exceedingly juicy. This is the elev- 
enth year we have propagated Klondike. 
Is grown on all our farms. 
important elements in strawberry success as fol- 
lows: "I am very anxious to get genuine plants of 
the several varieties. A few years ago another 
company caused me great trouble and very ser- 
ious loss by sending me different kinds of plants 
very ba lly mixed. This time I want to be sure 
of their genuint-ness befoie I order them and 
shall be glad to hear from you in thi.s matter. " 
We can do no better, perhaps, than to quote 
from the letter we sent this California frrower in 
reply, and we quote from that letter the follow- 
ing paragraph : 
"As to the purity of the Kellogg strawberry 
plants, we guaiaiilee them to be absolutely true 
to name, and th:.t tht^y are perfectly free from 
all insects and plantdiseases. If any variety you 
purchase from us proves to be untrue to name, 
we will give you back $2.00 for every dollar you 
pay us for that varietv. We can make this 
gu iranty because we grow every plant we ship. 
E ich variety is P'rown in a separate block, and 
during the growing season we go over each va- 
riety, and if there is any plant which varies from 
the general type, it is pulled up and thrown 
away. By this method the plants of each va- 
riety are kept uniform in color and type of foli- 
age. Furthermore, we can guarantee that every 
Kellogg Thoroughbred plant is a heavy-fruiting 
plant and that the plants will be just as we claim 
in our book. " 
We take this occasion to say that this same 
guaranty is extended to every one of our custom- 
ers. One of the things which the visitors to our 
farm lay great stress upon is the fact that we 
have the most perfect system of keeping our 
plants separated in the field, in the packing 
house and, indeed, at all times, as to make it 
practicallv impossible that there should be any 
mixing of varieties. 
Warning to Strawberry-Plant Growers 
WB hereby warn growers of strawberry 
plants that this book, "Great Crops of 
Strawberiies and How to Grow Them," is 
fully covered by copyright issued by the Librarian 
of Congress. This copyright includes all reatling 
matter and all engravings. Any gjower or seller 
of strawberry plants using any part of this book 
will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. 
We issue this warning because some groweis of 
cheap and inferior plants have found it to their 
advantage to copy reading matter from our book 
and to have our cuts reproduced, in an endeavor 
to deceive the public. 
In a letter of recent date one of the foremoFt 
nursery companies in the world wrote us as fol- 
lows: "We have had to call down a number of 
concerns for using our trade-mark. We know 
you would not care to have their stock at any 
price, for a man who will infringe the rights of 
others will not be over-careful in the treatment 
of his customers. " A statement that no one ser- 
iously will question. 
