GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
Copyright 1914, by B. M. Kelloge Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 
OUB PABCEL POST PACKAGE 
Illustratfnir the careful manner in which we do up 
small packages of Kellogg plants for parcel post 
delivery. 
boolt. Seeing is not only believing — it is Itnow- 
jngr — and wlien you gentlemen took me into tlie 
great fields and I had the pleasure of picking 
for myself all of the luscious fruit I could eat 
from those wonderful ever-bearing vines, all 
doubt in my mind disappeared, and I can only 
express my delight and wonderment at the extraor- 
dinary success you are having with this new 
order of plants that must result in such large 
advantage to strawberry growers all over the 
country. I have never eaten more luscious fruit 
than those I picked from the ever-bearing vines 
on your farm. 
I am going to have some of those ever-bear- 
ers next year and from the observations made 
on your farm on October 1st I am convinced 
that there will be large profit in them. 
Incidentally, I take great pleasure in saying 
that I find every statement you have made in 
your book concerning the^e plants and the mag- 
nitude of your farm and the way in which you 
handle strawberry plants was more than borne 
out in my own actual experience and observa- 
tion. 
Very truly yours, G. P. Mann. 
Vancouver, Wash., Sept. 15, 1914. The ever- 
bearing strawberry plants sent me last spring 
came in fine shape and grew finely. Have had 
berrie^i from them since .luly 14. The plants 
are still in bloom in spite of the fact that we 
had 74 days without rain — the longest drouth 
ever known here — records kept for 43 years. — 
C. L. Freeman. 
From a personal letter written by Henry 
Rager of Grovesport. Ohio, to .John Geiger of 
Three Rivers in September, 1914, we quote the 
following: "I must tell you about the ever- 
bearing strawberries I bought of the Kellogg 
Company. Out of 50 plants I lost only one, and 
right now I am selling the strawberries from 
those plants at .^Bc a quart and they are big, 
luscious berries, and the plants are still full of 
blooms and ripe berries. Ju^t think of it! I 
only got these plants in the spring of 1914." 
Fergus Falls, Minn., Sept. 27, 1914. Our fall- 
bearing strawberries are doing so finely that we 
have run short of boxes, and I wish you might 
be able to send us some at once. — J. P. Feder- 
line. 
Lamoni, la., June 2, 1914. I thought you 
might be interested to know about my Pro- 
gressive ever-bearing plants obtained from you 
last April. Out of the 350 plants I never lost 
one, and now the plants are very large, with as 
higli as five crowns to one plant. In fact, I 
never have seen a patch of plants that would 
compare with them, and yet it has been dry here 
all througli May. But constant cultivation and 
rich mellow soil have made them boom. Yours 
must be an excellent system to produce such 
splendid plants, and your fair and honest treat- 
ment has added to my interest in growing them 
for best results. — J. W. Barr. 
The Kellogg Selections 
THE KELLOGG SELECTIONS are for the 
benefit of those who wish to leave the 
selection of varieties to us. A great many of 
our customers, especially those who are just 
beginning to grow strawberries, prefer to leave 
the selection of varieties to our judgment 
rather than to assume the responsibility of 
making their own choice. We are very glad 
to assist our friends in this manner, and it you 
will write and give us the dimensions of the 
piece of ground you wish to set to strawberries 
and tell us what kind of soil you have, we 
shall be pleased to make up an ideal selection 
ol -arieties for you. We will choose varieties 
especially adapted to your soil and climatic 
conditions and also will select varieties that 
mate well together. We will then write and 
tell you how many plants it will require to set 
your piece of ground and give you a list of 
the varieties we have selected with full infor- 
mation as to how to set the different varieties 
to insure perfect poUenation. All experienced 
strawberry growers know that it is very impor- 
tant to have varieties that are adapted to their 
soil and climatic conditions and that the vari- 
eties must be properly mated to insure a big 
crop of perfectly formed berries. We look 
after these details for our customers and those 
who leave such matters to us will have their 
interests looked after in a manner that will 
insure success. This line of work is a part of 
our Service Department, which is for the ex- 
press purpose of helping others, and you may 
rest assured that we will do everything we can 
to merit your confidence and to make you a 
continued Kellogg customer as well as an 
ardent Kellogg booster. 
Here is a typical case, showing the com- 
plete satisfaction of the customer with the 
selection made for him. The purchaser in this 
case is G. M. Estes of Cairo, Mo., and writing 
under date of February 15, 1914, he says: 
"Two years ago you figured us out a straw- 
berry bed, sending us 1,400 plants for $10.00. 
They did just fine. Now we wish to set out a 
new bed to cost us from $15 to $20, and would 
like you to figure us out another order that will 
give us the most plants for that sum of money. 
We wish that the order shall include early, 
medium and late varieties, and make us a list 
showing how to set them. 
"Also send a copy of your catalogue to the 
friend whose name and address I enclose." 
Mr. Estes is more than satisfied. He is Inter- 
ested to see that his friend has a catalogue so 
that he, too, may be sure of getting some of 
the plants that gave him such fine results. 
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