GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
CopyriKht 1914, by R. M. Kellnggr Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 
SOME NOBLE SPECIMENS OF A NOBLE VARIETY 
AROMA Is a late variety that Is in universal demand. And he who once has grown this fruit always will 
grow it. The berries are very large and are bright red to the center. The Ilesh is solid and smooth, 
and the flavor Is richly aromatic. The berry is Arm and it is one of the leadmg varieties as a long-distance 
shipper. Its appearance in the box is most attractive, the yellow seeds imbedded in the bright-red flesh 
making It most alluring. These excellent qualities have combined to make the Aroma one o£ the most 
popular berries with the commercial grower, and in many localities it is the leading late berry, fatrong in 
pollen Aroma is an excellent mate for late pistillates. the bloom starting to open medium early and con- 
tinuing until quite late. The foliage is a deep green, of spreading habit, which gives the sun a clear 
course to the crowns; its leaves are long, broad and clean. This is the twenty-third year we have selected 
this great variety, and this year have the largest crop we ever have grown. Grown only at Three Rivers. 
long experience that it does pay to set several 
bisexual varieties in the same block. 
It seems that the stigmas of some varieties 
will not receive the pollen from the anthers 
of that same variety with the same results as 
from other varieties. We have noted great 
improvement in both quantity and quality of 
berries by setting several bisexual varieties 
together, and we are sure that the interchange 
of pollen from one bisexual variety to another 
is very beneficial, and we are confident that 
many partial failures in getting a large yield 
of perfectly formed fruit are caused by im- 
proper fertilization. 
No Kellogg customer need be in fear of 
making a mistake by ordering varieties that 
will not mate perfectly, as we go over each 
order carefully, and if the varieties ordered 
will not go well together we notify the cus- 
tomer, calling his attention to this fact, and we 
make such suggestions as we deem necessary 
to insure success. 
We especially ask our friends, however, who 
do order pistillate varieties only, to advise us 
that they are doing so knowingly, so that we 
may be sure that they already have the neces- 
sary bisexuals with which to mate pistillates. 
The Cultivation of Plants 
PROPER cultivation has a wonderful effect 
upon plant development, and any grower 
who neglects this most important part of the 
work cannot expect to grow big crops of fancy 
berries. 
Cultivation should begin immediately after 
the plants are set and repeated every week or 
ten days throughout the entire growing season. 
For this work no tool is better than the Planet 
Jr. twelve-tooth cultivator, which we can sup- 
ply you at factory prices. These cultivators 
cut every particle of the soil and leave it per- 
fectly level. 
When cultivating go close up to the rows, 
and should any soil be thrown upon the plants, 
brush it off with hand or foot. The crowns of 
plants never should be covered with soil, as 
this bleaches the plants and makes them turn 
yellow, and if it rains soon after the plants 
are so covered it might smother them. 
Should you have soil that bakes and gets 
hard, a five-tooth Planet Jr. should be run in 
the center of the space between the rows. 
With this tool, it will be safe to cultivate to a 
depth of four or five inches, as the shovels do 
not go close enough to the plai.ts to cut the 
roots. This deep cultivation not only loosens 
the soil, but permits large quantities of water 
to penetrate during rains. 
After each rain, just as soon as your soil will 
permit, cultivate with a twelve-tooth cultivator. 
This will level down the surface and make a 
dust mulch, which will prevent the escape of 
moisture. 
Cultivation has many advantages: First, it 
aerates the soil, which is essential to bacterial 
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