A KELLOUG STRAWBERRY GAUDKN ON THE (iKOUNUS OF W. T. BROWN, OF WORCESTER, MASS. 
be properly mated by bisexual varieties so as 
to insure a full crop of fruit from every plant. 
No one who has a plot of ground big enough 
to set out plants should be without our garden. 
We are confident that if you will let us send 
you one of them, you will never again be with- 
out it. Order early so as to be sure to secure 
the very best selection we can make. 
Transportation of Strawberry Plants 
SINCE our 1914 book was issued there have 
been many changes in the parcel-post serv- 
ice. Among these are important reductions in 
rates In the first and second zones and smaller 
reductions in the more remote zones. January 
1, 1914, a new ruling went into effect regard- 
ing the weight of packages. The limit of 
weight was increased to fifty pounds in the 
local, first and second zones, and to twenty 
pounds in all other zones. In addition to these 
changes the postofflce department announced 
that large packages would be carried outside 
of mail sacks, and this has resulted in a con- 
siderable increase In the number of consign- 
ments of strawberry plants and other nursery 
stock by mail. 
February 1, 1914, the express companies met 
the activities of the postal department by a 
severe cut in express rates. The new rates 
were passed upon by the Interstate Commerce 
Commission, and probably are as just and fair 
as anything that may be devised. 
Under the new rule of the express companies 
It makes no difference as to cost whether the 
express charges are prepaid or paid at the 
point of destination. Therefore, it never is 
necessary to prepay express charges. In the 
case of mail, however, it always is necessary 
to prepay postage, and as there is such wide 
variation in the weight of plants both because 
of the difference in the weight of varieties and 
the wide difference in weight at different sea- 
sons, we have found the only practicable way 
to determine the parcel post charge is to strike 
an average weight to the thousand plants. 
Taking a large number of orders, as they 
went forward in 1914, we found that the aver- 
age weight of plants grown at Three Rivers 
was so close to 30 pounds to the thousand as to 
make that figure a just average. Therefore, 
in estimating the amount of postage to include 
in the order which is intended to go by parcel 
post, note the charge per pound from the Three 
Rivers zone into your zone (your local post- 
office will supply the information), and you will 
then be able to remit the amount of our charge 
for postage when ordering plants, thus avoiding 
unnecessary correspondence. 
The average weight of plants grown at Twin 
Falls, Idaho, is 35 lbs. to the 1,000 plants. 
The average weight of plants grown at 
Canby, Oregon is 50 lbs. to the 1,000 plants. 
Special Delivery by Parcel Post Insures 
Quicker Delivery. We advise all our patrons 
who have their plants come forward by parcel 
post to Include 10c for each parcel and have 
the plants come forward by special delivery. 
Where packages go by special delivery they 
travel with first-class mail, and this frequently 
means from 24 to 48 hours' earlier delivery 
than otherwise would be the case. For very 
long distances the difference in time would be 
even greater than that above indicated. 
STRAWBERRY growers may well profit 
by the sage suggestion contained in the 
following paragraph which we find in a Farm 
.Tournal advertising booklet: "The big straw- 
berry defies the laws of gravity when it bobs 
up on top of the box!" Worth thinking over. 
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