12 GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 
Gathering Berries in the Kellogg Experimental Plot 
■yyHEN you read the descriptions of each variety as they appear in this book, you get the exact performance of the 
test ever; va^'ietTted^^thi's^"o"o^ T'Th""'' experimental plot! ^Her! is wheTe we'^put ™a l olg\' 
approves itself Rv hf. r ""^ ^'"^ ■ntelbgently write a correct description of the variety as it 
. •■ <h.s system we learn ,ts ab.hty as a fruiter, builder of foliage, drought resister leneth of ruftinir 
rnH^i"= ?„j'"P.''i"^.,r'l7' We also test .he severaf varietie's as irth^'ir ^al^e a1 cannerf 
and in many other ways of preserving for winter. 
to discourage all kinds of insects, which adds 
another important item in favor of cultivation. 
We have endeavored, in the above brief 
paragraphs and more detailed articles, to make 
our methods so plain that even the novice may 
understand, and have used many practical il- 
lustrations to aid in this direction. If you will 
read the book carefully we are sure you will 
understand each feature of the work fully. 
However, if we have failed to make ourselves 
perfectly clear, or problems arise in your ex- 
perience that you feel you cannot solve, it will 
give us pleasure to answer questions and help 
you to do so. 
Grew Berries to Match the Pictures 
■DURT STONE of Lu Verne, la., writing under 
date of February 3, 1908, says: "Before fruiting 
your plants I had the idea that the pictures in your 
catalogue showed the berries extravagantly large. 
But last year I grew berries from Kellogg Thorough- 
bred plants and have changed my mind, as the berries 
I grew were as large as the pictures in your catalog." 
Showed His Pleasure in a Substantial Way 
■yVRITING under date of May 1 1, 1908, Clifford 
Ware of Salineville, Ohio, writes: "The straw- 
berry plants you shipped me April 29 were received 
May 1 in good condition. I never saw nicer plants. 
I am so well pleased with them I am sending you 
another order." 
For more than twenty years we have been making friends a 
and "square deal" methods. We should like to add youi 
Answering Inquiries From Our Customers 
TPHE above illustration is a scene in the private ofKce of 
the Secretary and Treasurer of the R. M. Kellogg 
Company, with Mr. liurke dictating letters to a stenog- 
rapher. As nearly as it is possible to do so, all letters are 
answered within twenty-four hours after being received, 
and It IS our aim and purpose that every question shall be 
carefully answered, so that the inquirer may be completely 
informed in the matter concerning which he has written. 
What this involves may be better comprehended when it 
IS known that we frequently receive in one mail as high 
as fifteen hundred letters. During the busy season four ' 
stenographers and typewriters are kept busily at work tak- 
ing care of this vast correspondence. 
the continent over through the excellence of our plants 
name to our list of friends if it be not already there. 
