GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
Copyright 1914, by R. M. KeUoggf Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 
A DISH OF THE UTTLE GIANT, SENATOR DUNLAP 
•T^HIS variety is truly a little giant, for although the plant is one of the smallest at digging time, the 
yields secured from it are a source of continued surprise and pleasure, while in quality the fruit is 
excelled by few others. Indeed, the name of this great bisexual has become a household word wherever 
strawberries are grown, and Dunlap is today one of the most popular fruits in the world. Large and hand- 
some in form, having a rich, dark-red color, with glo.ssy finish, shading to deep scarlet on the under side, 
and prominent bright yellow seeds that look like gold imbedded in hif^hly colored wax, the Senator Dunlap 
is one of the most attractive berries upon the grocer's counter. Others of its strong fcatnrts i.s its uni- 
formity in size and shape, its flesh is bright red and is exceedingly juicy and of delicate IIa\or. Its foliage 
is tall, bright green in color, upright, with a long leaf; it develops an unusually heavy crown system, fre- 
quently as many as fifteen to eighteen crowns being found in one hill. Its flowering sea.son is very long, 
its bloom is exceedingly rich in pollen — in short, the Dunlap is an ideal variety. This is the seventeenth year 
we have bred our strain of Dunlaps, and every year orders for Dunlap increase. Grown on all our farms. 
and that the crown of the plants is just above 
the surface of the soil. 
The Kellogg one-piece steel dibble is an ideal 
tool for this work. One man can set from 2,500 
to 3,000 plants a day with this tool. 
Some growers use a spade, which requires 
two men. One makes the opening with the 
spade, while the other places the plant into 
the opening. As the man with the spade moves 
forward he steps close to the plant and firms 
with the foot the soil against the roots. When 
the roots are placed straight down into the 
opening and the soil is pressed firmly against 
the roots, moisture soon comes into contact 
■with the roots and growth starts quickly. 
Filling in Vacancies 
IF for any reason you fail to get a perfect 
stand of plants, these vacant places may 
be filled in during the fall months. The plants 
which live should be allowed to make more 
runner plants than are necessary to make the 
fruiting row, layering runners by placing soil 
back of the nodes where the young plants form. 
This will aid the young plants to take root 
quickly and to develop a large, healthy plant 
for resetting. Then in the fall, say during the 
months of September or October, take the 
surplus runner plants and set them wherever 
there is a vacancy. These vacancies may be 
caused by unfavorable weather conditions when 
setting the plants, or an occasional plant may 
be destroyed by the white grub. 
When taking up these runner plants for re- 
setting, the work should be done after a rain 
when there is plenty of moisture in the soil. 
First, make holes wlierever there is a vacancy. 
When this is done, take up one plant at a time 
with plenty of earth adhering to the roots (this 
will be the same as transplanting a potted 
plant) and set it in the hole, pressing the soil 
firmly about the plant. By allowing the soil 
to adhere to the roots these young plants will 
be encouraged to grow, and this plan renders 
it possible to fill in all of the vacancies, and 
your field will go into the winter in ideal con- 
dition. The following spring these reset plants 
will give you some berries, and the second 
year's fruiting you will have a perfect stand. 
Proper Mating of Plants 
THE next essential feature in strawberry 
growing is the proper mating of varieties, 
and we urge all growers when setting their 
plants to see to it that different varieties are 
set in alternate rows, so there will be perfect 
interchange of pollen throughout the entire 
blooming season. 
Varieties marked "P" in this book are pis- 
tillates. All pistillate varieties develop pistils 
only, and are devoid of anthers, which produce 
the pollen, and for this suDstance (the male- 
life germ) they are entirely dependent upon 
the bisexual varieties, which are marked "B." 
' The flowers of bisexual varieties develop 
both anthers and pistils, and these varieties 
are not dependent upon pistillate varieties, 
neither do they derive any benefit from them. 
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