GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
Copyright 1914, by B. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 
BUSTER, FEMALK OR PISTILLATE-MEDIUM 
AS Its name implies. Buster Is a breaker of records 
in many sections of tlte country. It is becoming 
especially popular north of the Ohio river, where It 
has won distinct fame tor its vigor of growth and 
reliability under adverse conditions. Especially is it 
noted for its immunity from frost. Our Canadir -< 
friends, as well as those In the New England stai , 
find the Buster perfectly adapted to their particular 
conditions. This Is the fifth year we have offered 
Buster to our customers, and we find it necessary to 
set a larger acreage to this variety each succeeding 
season. Grown only at Three Rivers. 
compares with these results, whether one 
grows the fruit for pleasure or for profit. 
That the cost of the plants is somewhat 
higher than that of the regular varieties Is 
rendered a negligible factor when the increased 
yields and profits are considered. They are 
as dependable in every way as are any other 
plants, and everybody appreciates the fact that 
strawberries in late summer and autumn com- 
mand the highest price. 
Our crop of ever-bearing plants this season 
is unsurpassed in size and quality, and we con- 
gratulate ourselves upon the fact that we were 
able to secure a generous quota of Mr. Cooper's 
latest originations, known respectively as "Ad- 
vance," "Forward," and "Onward." These three 
varieties. In addition to the great quartet 
already known to thousands of our customers 
— "Amerlcus," "Productive," "Progressive" and 
"Superb" — comprise a combination of excel- 
lence that may not be duplicated anywhere 
else In the strawberry world. Order early and 
as heavily as possible, and you will make no 
mistake. 
Growing the Ever-Bearers 
EVER-BEARING strawberry plants are 
treated In much the same way as are the 
regular sorts, excepting that the ever-bearers 
are permitted to develop a generous crop of 
fruit in the fall after setting. The plants are 
set out In the spring at the same time the 
standard varieties are planted. As they are 
very active in making blossoms the buds must 
be picked oft until the plants are well estab- 
lished (say about July Ist), after which allow 
them to hear and they will furnish abundant 
fruit throughout the autumn season. 
As to cultural methods, they are the same 
with ever-bearing varieties as with standard 
varieties. If you set well-developed plants of 
the ever-bearing varieties and put them Into 
well-prepared soil and give them good care, the 
plants will, as a rule, yield enough berries the 
first fall to pay the cost of the, plants, and if 
the season is favorable, the income will take 
care of all the expense. This is greatly in 
favor of the ever-bearing varieties. 
Ever-bearing varieties, like other varieties, 
should not be permitted to fruit longer than 
two years; that is they should be allowed to 
mature five crops of berries. From plants 
which are set in the spring of 1915 your first 
crop will be in the fall of 1915, the second crop 
in the early summer of 1916, another in the 
fall of 1916, and these will be repeated in 1917. 
There are few standard varieties grown that 
will yield a larger crop of berries In the early 
summer than the ever-bearing varieties, and 
the fall crop frequently Is as large as the 
spring crop. At Three Rivers the ever-bearing 
varieties yield their first crop early in June. 
This crop is very heavy. The berries are ex- 
tra large and of fine quality. The fruiting 
season during the early summer lasts about 
four weeks. The fall crop begins to ripen In 
August and there Is a continuation of fruiting 
throughout August, September, October and 
November. We have picked berries as late as 
Thanksgiving, and the fruit Is generally just 
as large In the fall as it is In the early sum- 
mer, and only the latest fruit shows a dimin- 
ishing quality. It Is our opinion that the ever- 
bearing varieties will revolutionize the straw- 
berry business, but we would not advise any- 
one to discard the old standard varieties. The 
standard varieties always have been profitable 
and will continue to give generous returns to 
growers who give them proper care. 
What Our Customers Say About 
the Ever-Bearers 
HEREWITH are a few out of hundreds of 
letters that have come to us from our 
customers all over the country. No one may 
question the interest and enthusiasm they 
manifest: 
Peoria, III., July 27, 1914. Plants were re- 
ceived April ISth in excellent condition and Just 
as ordered. I did not lose a plant except what 
the grubs got, and I think I got the grubs. My 
ever-bearing "Superbs" are certainly named 
right — tliey are doing fine and if we would get 
some rain I soon would be eating "short-cake." — 
W. R. Randall. 
Franklinville, N. Y., .Tuly 11, 1914. The 500 
Superb plants ordered for last spring setting 
arrived in fine condition. I never saw finer and 
more vigorous plants. I liave not lost a single 
plant except about a dozen talcen by the grubs. 
We have had an extremely dry season since they 
were set and yet the runners are setting pro- 
fusely. — C. W. Hogue. 
Norton, Kansas, Oct. 10, 1914. 
R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 
Gentlemen: I must tell you of the great 
pleasure my visit to the great Kellogg farm gave 
me. After reading the accounts of your ever- 
bearing plants I felt that I must go clear from 
western Kansas to Three Rivers and see for 
myself if such plants really existed and actually 
produced such fine fruit as you describe in your 
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