GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
Copyright 1914, by B. M. Kellogg: Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 
BELLOtiG THOKOVGHBKEDS IN THE IlELI* OF J. C. TARBANCK, MOUND CITY, KANSAS 
T N making a report to the Kellogg Company of the performance of his strawberry plants In the spring of 
* 1914, Mr. Tarrance refers to the extraordinary vitality of the plants as evidenced Ijy the way In which 
they passed though the "hottest and driest summer ever experienced in this part of the country." and adds 
the following comment. "As a result of my own practical experience I stand ready to verify every state- 
ment you people malte concerning your plants, and the delicious fruit we have enjoyed this season Is the 
best evidence of the sincerity of your claims. I assure you I appreciate every word written in your catalog 
for the benefit of the strawberry world." Kellogg plants show their mettle under the most trying conditions. 
logg habit," as is indicated in a letter from 
a St. Louis business man, Mr. E. W. Mottaz, 
who writes, when forwarding a generous 
order for plants : "My father ordered plants 
from j'ou ten years ago, and they were the- 
only plants for him." 
Another tribute of similar import comes to 
us from W. M. Stryker, cashier of the Se- 
curity State Bank of Arkansas City, Kansas. 
He says: "Years ago, when I was quite a 
youngster, my father, Ward M. Stryker, used 
to buy strawberry plants of you, and the 
berries he raised from those plants were the 
nicest berries I ever saw; and with the 
memory of those berries, I am going to look 
for some nice ones from the plants just re- 
ceived when the proper time comes." 
Mrs. Theodore True of Gratiot, Wis., sends 
us this message of confidence as a result 
of past experience : "When I was at home, a 
young girl, we ordered our plants from Kel- 
logg' s, and had good success with them." 
From the wife of an Ohio rural mail car- 
rier comes the following: "Enclosed find 
money order for Kellogg plants that we al- 
ways have found as represented, and if we 
are as successful as we always have been in 
the past, you will get some snap-shots of the 
patch, and also of the tillers of the soil. 
And you needn't look for any boys in the 
picture — it will be what Mother and four 
little girls, ranging in age from 6 to 13 
years, can do. We are going to have soma 
pin money of our own." 
In a letter accompanying an order for 
plants, C. E. Finville of Maitland, Mo., puts 
the case in a nutshell wlien he says: "As 
there are some of your plants growing in our 
town, we do not need any further recom- 
mendation, for they recommend themselves. 
So please ship me the plants as listed." 
There is a whole volume in that brief and 
pithy statement of the reason why he buys 
Kellogg plants. Seeing is more than believ- 
ing — it is knowing. 
Po.stmaster George A. Allen of Clay Cen- 
ter, Neb., in sending us a supplementary 
order for a friend, adds this encouraging 
word: "I want to write to you gentlemen 
to say that I have been getting plants from 
you for several years, and also for my neigh- 
bors; and you have been so true and so satis- 
factory in your dealings that every year my 
neighbors want to know if I am sending for 
more plants, as they always want some more. 
Your honesty, fairness and absolute relia- 
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