GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
Copyright 1914, by B. M. Kellogs Co., Three Blvors, Mich. 
size the berries are medium, and in addition to 
their excellent flavor are famous for fine shipping 
and canning- qualities. It has a long blooming 
season and is a strong fertilizer. Grown only at 
Three Rivers. 
Lovett, B. (Male) 
EARLY. Bisexual. The fact that this is the 
twenty-second season we have offered this old 
favorite should be a sufficient indication of the 
esteem in which it is held. This variety pro- 
duces large berries, deep crimson in color, which 
for the most part are conical In shape. The 
flesh Is a dark, rich red and very Juicy. It is a 
great shipper, retaining form and color for many 
days after picking. Grown only at Three Rivers. 
Clyde, B. (Male) 
EARLY TO LATE. Bisexual. For twenty years 
this variety has been propagated on our farms, 
and its universal popularity is indicated by the 
fact that it has shown itself to be successful in 
all Northern states and from southern California 
to northern British Columbia on the Pacific Coast. 
Of late years it has become an especial favorite 
with the California trade, one very extensive 
grower in that state having adopted Clyde as his 
sole variety, after testing out more than fifty 
other varieties. It is a strong poUenizer of pis- 
tillate varieties. Grown on all our farms. 
Tennessee Prolific, B. (Male) 
EARLY. Bisexual. One of the sweetest and most 
delicious berries ever originated, and as prolific 
as it is excellent. Medium large, bright crimson 
and, for the most part, long and corrugated in 
shape, the berries of the Tennessee present an 
inviting sight when neatly packed and placed 
upon sale. It is an excellent shipper and is 
equally popular as a canner. This is the twenty- 
sixth year we have offered this great variety. 
Grown only at Three Rivers. 
Wolveiton, B. (Male) 
EARLY. Bisexual. This variety has won a host 
of admirers during the twenty-four years we have 
offered it to our customers, and there always is 
steady demand for this variety in the sections 
where it is best known. Crimson in color, per- 
fect in form, it is very attractive to the eye, and 
its delicious flavor is pleasing to the palate. It 
is one of the richest berries grown. Grown only 
at Three Rivers. 
Crescent, F. (Female) 
MEDIUM EARLY. Pistillate. For twenty-nine 
seasons we have offered this extraordinary pis- 
tillate to our customers, and the fact that its 
popularity never has waned is the highest tribute 
we can pay to its general excellence. In size the 
berries are medium and the larger proportion of 
them are broad wedge-shape, tapering to a dull 
point. In color the fruit is excellent, the flesh is 
close-grained and solid, the flavor is deliciously 
tart and the berry exceedingly juicy. Crescent 
ranks very high both as a shipper and canner 
and is a prime favorite for table use. You 
always may count upon large yields of fine fruit 
from this variety. Grown only at Three Rivers. 
Staples, B. (Male) 
EARLY. Bisexual. This is the third season we 
have offered Staples to our customers, and it 
already has won high popularity. Resembling in 
some of its characteristics the old and popular 
Warfield, it has the added advantage of being a 
strong bisexual. It is of perfect-strawberry 
form, ranging from rich crimson to deep wine in 
color. Staples has what we may call the true 
strawberry flavor and is deliciously tart. One 
of our customers who ranks among the large 
commercial growers of the country has adopted 
Staples and Longfellow as the sole varieties 
grown for his trade. Grown only at Three Rivers. 
Jessie, B. (Male) 
EARLY. Bisexual. Among growers who aim to 
produce fancy strawberries and who flnd their 
soil well adapted to its production, ,Iessie ranks 
among the leaders. Under right conditions it is 
one of the most satisfactory varieties produced 
by commercial growers. It is an extremely heavy 
yielder of highest quality fruit and adds to these 
advantages that of being an excellent fertilizer 
for early plstillates. Grown only at Three Rivers. 
CHESAPEAKE, MALE OR BISEXCAI. — lATE 
'X'HE above illustration presents a typical Chesa- 
peake, a variety that is steadily winning popu- 
larity over a wide range of territory; indeed, the 
demand for this strawberry now extends from the 
Atlantic to the Pacific. As its name indicates, it is 
a Maryland origination, and for a long time its vir- 
tues were known only to the people of the Atlantic 
seaboard. Now it is universally known and admired 
for the large size of Its fruit, its heavy yielding 
powers, its fine flavor, which is similar to that of 
Wm. Belt, and because of the rust-proot quality of 
its foliage. Another characteristic which is par- 
ticularly reported on by our customers is its ability 
to withstand frost and drought. In a recent season, 
when frosts of great severity came on at an early 
date, Chesapeake was the only variety that remained 
unaffected. Chesapeake ranks among the greatest of 
the late varieties. Grown at all our farms. 
MEDIUM VARIETIES 
Lady Thompson, B. (Male) 
EARLY TO LATE. Bisexual. A general favorite 
everywhere throughout the Gulf states and mak- 
ing fine success in all sections south of the Ohio 
River. Lady Thompson is bright red in color, 
and is shaped like a top. tapering to an obtuse 
point — a perfect strawberry form. Berries are 
medium large; the seeds are red and add much to 
the appearance of the fruit when packed neatly 
for market. The meat is solid pink in color and 
deliciously rich in flavor. This is the thirteenth 
year we have offered I-ady Thompson to our 
trade. Grown only at Three Rivers. 
Splendid, B. (Male) 
EARLY TO LATE. Bisexual. The name of this 
variety Is typical of the quality of fruit it pro- 
duces. Large of size, round in shape, bright red 
in color, it is one of the most attractive varieties 
when placed on the market. Around the edges 
the fruit is bright-red, this color extending about 
one-third of the way to the center, when it 
changes to creamy white. Splendid is a strong 
bisexual and its season of bloom Is very long. 
Throughout the Inter-Mountain and Southern 
states Splendid Is a universal favorite. This is 
the fifteenth year we have bred this variety. 
Grown only at Three Rivers. 
Parsons' Beauty, B. (Male) 
MEDIUM. Bisexual. A universally popular va- 
riety. Parsons' Beauty is especially adapted to 
the higher altitudes and colder sections of the 
country. It is popular in the Northwest Terri- 
tories of Canada, in all of the Rocky Mountain 
states and throughout the northern states of New 
England. The berries of this variety are bright- 
red and are of mild and delicious flavor. An extra- 
strong shipper, it also is a very attractive va- 
riety when placed on sale. This is the twelfth 
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