GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
Copyright 1914, by B. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers, Midi. 
A UTTUB I'ATCH WITH A FIM; KECOKD 
This is a scene in tlie 25x25-(oot patcli of Kellogg 
plants on the town lot of Charles Swanson at Ber- 
trand. Neb. Mr. Swanson reports that he grew 125 
quarts from the plot, or at the rate of 10,000 quarts 
to the acre. 
will be in view to add to the attractiveness ot 
the package. Small berries look their best 
when the top layers are placed in rows with 
stems down. A few sprays of bright-green 
strawberry leaves placed on top ot each crate 
after the bo.xes have been placed therein add 
greatly to the appearance of the package. And 
be sure that the bottom and middle of the boxes 
are composed of just as high-class berries as 
those at the top. Honest packing creates and 
maintains the grower's trade. 
Summing Up 
IN summing up the whole proposition of 
strawberry growing, it is simply a matter 
of highly productive plants, well prepared soil 
and thorough cultivation. Strawberries can be 
grown with less experience and less work than 
any other kind of fruit. Some of the largest 
yields are reported to us by beginners, who 
have had no experience in or knowledge of this 
line of work except that which they learned 
through this book. They simply followed in- 
structions and used common sense. Every- 
thing was done in the right way and at the 
right time, and we hope that what we say in 
this edition of "Great Crops of Strawberries 
and How to Grow Them," will stimulate all 
who read it to get right down and do their 
dead level best to grow big crops of big red 
berries. 
Questions and Answers 
IN writing a book of instructions, we realize 
how difficult it Is to cover every point. We 
also realize that your conditions may be dif- 
ferent from ours and that after you read this 
book it may be necessary for you to write and 
ask some questions which concern you most. 
We shall be glad to have you do this whenever 
it is necessary, but we trust that before doing 
so you will have carefully read what we have 
said in preceding pages of this book. That is, 
before writing us be very sure that we have 
not covered in what has preceded this para- 
graph the very point you have in mind, and 
much more fully than we could do in a per- 
sonal letter. 
But if you fail to find that we have informed 
you in these pages, then kindly make your 
questions as brief as possible, and put them 
on a separate sheet, properly numbered. This 
will greatly aid us in giving you just the infor- 
mation you desire. You may rest assured that 
we shall take great pleasure in cooperating 
with you in this most delightful and profitable 
work. 
The Apology Is Accepted 
IN the spring of 1914 we received a letter 
from J. S. Beardsley complaining that some 
plants received from us were not up to stand- 
ard. From certain points mentioned in his 
letter we knew he had "mixed us up" with 
somebody else, and asked him if this were not 
so. Some days later we received the following 
from Mr. Beardsley: 
"Parcion me for maljingr tlie error in regard to 
your strawberry plants. Those you sent me are 
fine, are growing: well and ar^ in blossom now. 
On looliinff the matter up I find the poor ones 
were from Nursery Co., , Iowa." 
The apology is duly accepted, and we are 
very glad to know that the Kellogg plants 
sustain their reputation, as Kellogg plants un- 
failingly do when properly treated. 
Suggestions About Shipments 
BE SURE to give explicit instructions as to 
the way in which you wish to have your 
plants shipped. 
Never order plants to go by freight. Express 
rates have been greatly reduced during the 
past year, and the parcel-post service steadily 
improves. 
Express charges never need to be prepaid 
in order to secure a lower rate. Under the 
new regulations imposed by the Interstate 
Commerce Commission the rate is the same 
whether prepaid or paid on delivery. 
If you know that your plants have been a 
long time on the road, insist upon examining 
them before accepting them. If packages are 
injured, have express agent give you a written 
statement setting forth the actual condition. 
If plants are short, have the agent so state. 
Many small towns have no express agent. 
Be sure that your station has an agent before 
instructing us to ship to that point. In cases 
where there Is a railroad station but no express 
office, instruct us to put upon the package, 
"Put off at Owner's risk." 
THE annual edition of "Great Crops of 
Strawberries and How to Grow Them," is 
mailed to our customers between January 1 and 
10, as a rule, and should be delivered, there- 
fore, to the remotest part of the country within 
ten days. If your name is on our list, it will 
be unnecessary for you to ask for the book — 
at least until after ample time has elapsed for 
the book to reach you. 
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