GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
Copyright 1914, by B. M. Kellogg; Co., Three Kivers, Mich. 
(Concluded from Page 59.) 
Thus it is that Sample has become one of the 
most popular berries with commercial growers 
because of its extraordinary endurance as a ship- 
per. Anotlier favorable trait of the Sample is 
its habit of ripening a certain percentage of its 
fruit each day until the season is over. This 
combination of fine qualities has made Sample 
a universal favorite. This is the twentv-flrst 
year we have bred this variety. Grown only at 
Three I{ivers. 
Qandy, B. (Male) 
LATE. Bisexual. Gandy was one of the varie- 
ties which was adopted by R. M. Kellogg at the 
beginning of his great work and was offered by 
him to the trade in his first list. That we are 
still growing this splendid variety from scions 
of the original stock is certainly a tribute to its 
high value. And when we say that Gandy grows 
steadily in popularity we have said about the 
best thing that could be said of a variety of 
strawberry plants. Gandy has many special 
qualities — it is one of the latest of all berries; 
it gives its largest yields in heavy clay soil; it 
is one of the best shippers ever originated — 
three points of excellence which have made it a 
universal favorite. Grown only at Three Rivers. 
Oregon Impioved, B. (Male) 
LATE. Bisexual. In size, form and color very 
much like the Marshall, possessing all of the 
great features that have made Marshall one of 
the most popular varieties on the Pacific Coast. 
Many growers report the Oregon Improved 
(sometimes called New Oregon) as being superior 
even to the Marshall. We have a fine crop of 
this variety and cannot recommend it too highly. 
Grown at Canby and Twin Falls. 
Pearl, B. (Male) 
VERT LATE. Bisexual. Originated in Indiana 
this new bisexual promises to become a uni- 
versal favorite. On the farm of its originator 
It yields large, fine fruit from ten to fifteen days 
after Gandy has ceased bearing. This places 
Pearl among the very latest of the bisexual 
varieties. Another of its fin,e characteristics is 
that the yield and quality hold up exceptionally 
well to the last picking. The berries ripen 
evenly over the entire surface; it has a very 
rich, mild sweet flavor, and the berries are very 
even in size. In form this variety is round. 
There are very few small berries. Pearl is an 
exceedingly vigorous grower with heavy root 
system and foliage entirely free from rust. It 
will withstand drouth as well as does Senator 
Dunlap. Growers who desire something espe- 
cially fine and extremely late should give this 
variety a trial this season. Grown only at Three 
Rivers. 
Cardinal, F, (Female) 
LATE. Pistillate. This variety takes its name 
from its extraordinarily rich cardinal shade of 
color. In season it ranks among the latest of 
the pistillate varieties, and as its fruit begins 
to ripen about mid-season, the length of its 
fruiting period is very great. Cardinal is fam- 
ous for withstanding heavy frosts at blooming 
time and for its large yields of high-class fruit. 
This is the eighth year we have had Cardinal on 
our farms. Grown only at Three Rivers. 
Commonwealth, B. (Male) 
VERT LATE. Bisexual. Commonwealth is of 
Massachusetts origin, and because of its extreme 
lateness, no less than for its very delicious fruit, 
it now enjoys a popularity quite equal to many 
of the old-time favorites. The berry is dark, rich 
red, coxcomb in form, and the surface of the fruit 
is smooth. The meat is rich and juicy. Having 
an unusually long fruiting season, this variety 
grows very large crops of distinctly fancy fruit. 
Those whose markets call for late berries should 
set liberally of Commonwealth. It is a strong 
pollenizer and its blooming period is of great 
value where late pistillates are grown. Grown 
only at Three Rivers. 
EVER-BEARING VARIETIES 
Ever-Bearing' Froductive, F. (Female) 
PRODUCTIVE is a pistillate fall-bearing varie';y 
of great promise. It is a very heavy yielder, and 
the berries are large and of splendid quality. 
The Productive, the same as all pistillates, should 
be set between flanking rows of such bisexual 
fall-bearing varieties as Superb or Progressive in 
order to be properly fertilized. The foliage of 
Productive is very dark green. It has long leaf- 
stems wliich serve as a protection to both fruit 
and blossoms. This variety, the same as Superb, 
gives a good crop of choice berries in the early 
summer and continues fruiting up until freezing. 
It is a good runner maker. It seems to be at 
home in all soils and succeeds under all climatic 
conditions. No grower need hesitate to set the 
Productive. This variety, like most fall-bearing 
varieties, gives berries of rounder form during 
the fall months than in the early summer, and it 
has been our experience that the fall-bearing 
varieties give berries of a milder flavor during 
tlie fall months than in the early summer months. 
Be sure and include a liberal number of these 
plants in your order. Productive is grown only 
at our farm at Three Rivers. 
1,000 KeUogg Flauts Produce $100.00 
Winona, Minn., July 9, 1914. The plants you 
shipped us last spring did finely. From 1,000 
plants we sold $100.00 worth of berries and tliey 
kept us busy all the time picking them. 
John Kowalewski. 
Our New Runner Cutter with Handle 
'T>HE ease and simplicity with which runners may 
■•■ be cut with our new device is well illustrated 
above. The operator ea.slly guides the cutter so a.s to 
remove the runners a.s desired, as the cutter may be 
run as close to the plants as one may wish. 
Runner-cutter with handle $2.50 
Runner-cutter without handle (no handle may be at- 
tached to this form of cutter, as the bolt holes are 
arranged tor attachment to Planet Jr. cultivator), $1.85 
Planet, Jr., 12-tooth cultivator as shown $ 9.00 
Planet, Jr., 12-tooth cultivator with runner cut- 
ter attached 10.86 
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