GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
Copyright 1014, b.v K. M. Kellugg Co., Three Blvers, Mich. 
BUBACH. A PRIME FAVORITE IN MANY SECTIONS 
'T'HIS old and popular variety has a great reputation as a money-maker and commands the market as do 
■■■ few varletips. Famous for its large vlolds. mammoth In size and beautiful in color, the quality of the 
fruit is quite as remarkable as its fine appearance. The berries are very large and meaty, with bright-red 
surface. In form the fruit ranges from the conical to thick and broad. The bright-red color of the exterior 
extends throughout the berry. Bubach has a large calyx with medium-sized stems. Foliage is a glossy dark 
green of spreading habit and very short fruit and leaf stems. We have grown Bubach on black soil, on 
clay and on sandy loam, and in every instance this variety has given entirely satisfactory results. This Is 
the twenty-second year we have had Bubach In our breeding beds, and every year notes a marked Increase 
in its popularity. It is especially favored by the growers of the Southwest. Grown only at Three Rivers. 
ployed in producing the plants, and the com- 
mercial measures adopted in the direction ot 
this great enterprise, as well as for the assist- 
ance we render patrons through our free serv- 
ice bureau. For all this we are sincerely grate- 
ful to our patron friends and take this oppor- 
tunity once more to tell them so. And we 
again invite our patrons to call upon us at any 
time they feel we may help them out by sug- 
gestions or advice. 
Lettuce Between Strawberries 
OFTEN we are asked if it is not possible 
to grow some crop between strawberry 
rows so as to make the land yield something 
while the strawberry plants are getting ready to 
grow a crop. As a rule we have discouraged the 
idea, as the strawberry is jealous of its rights, 
and does not take kindly to the idea of divid- 
ing up the plant food in the soil. But we re- 
cently have come across the experience of a 
"York State" market gardener that leads us 
to the belief that his particular plan will work 
out wherever rich soil may be had; so we give 
our patrons the benefit of this man's experi- 
ence and they may use it or reject it just as 
they choose. He says; 
"It always has been a puzzle to find a crop 
that could be successfully grown in coniunction 
with a newly set strawberry bed, and this year 
we placed a plant of Hanson lettuce between 
each strawberry plant, which we set 30 inches 
between plants and 3 feet between the rows. 
This proved to be the best plan we have ever 
tried from a financial standpoint. Practically 
every plant made a head, which sold for 5 to 6 
cents; in fact, the lettuce sold faster than it 
could be headed up. We have tried growing 
many kinds of vegetables in strawberries, but 
they would either shade the berry plants or 
remain too long before maturity, or they had 
some other fault. We had almost given up 
the idea with the intention of allowing the 
strawberry plants full sway, thereby receiving 
no income from the land for one year. The 
lesson we have learned from this scheme is 
that instead of getting but one crop in two 
years we get a crop every year. An acre 
planted 2% by 3 feet will hold nearly 6,000 
plants; at five cents per head you can figure 
it up yourself. Practically all the extra labor 
required is the setting of the plants and you 
get a profit of over $275 per acre, for $25 will 
cover all expenses, I am sure. 
"Of course, the ground must necessarily be 
rich for the lettuce to make those immense 
heads that take the fancy of the buyer and 
I have never been able to get the soil too rich 
for strawberries. A head of lettuce (Hanson) 
will, if well grown, occupy all the space be- 
tween the two berry plants, but will be out 
of the way before runners have started, and 
I am sure no injury has been done; for my 
field of plants now looks fine and promises a 
good crop next spring." 
P^XPBRIENCE is profitable, but, experiment 
-L' may prove costly. Let us give you the 
benefit of our more than thirty years' experi- 
ence in strawberry growing. It may save you 
many an expensive error if you will do so. 
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