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GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 
Frank C. Emerson's Patch of Thoroughbreds at Keene, N. H. 
TN SENDING us the photograph from which the above illustration was made, Mr. Emerson says: "Three years ago 
^ I received a copy of your 'Great Crops.' In forty minutes after receiving it I had read it through, and no one could 
tell me anything about raismg strawberries— I had it down fine! I ordered enough plants to set half an acre, but here 
my troubles began, and they did not end until the following spring. I did not give up, but took your book and read it 
as I should have done in the hrst place, with the result that from the present appearance of my field, it will require at 
least fifty pickers to handle my crop of berries." All our friends will find it worth while to read and read again the 
instructions given m this book. Ihe matter is very much condensed, and we are sure the careful reader will find some- 
thing new m the way of instruction or advice every time he sits down with it and studies it with care. 
are sure that results would be better still if 
plants could go forward earlier. Let us say 
in this connection that no other nursery in 
the country can more successfully ship plants 
late than can ours, ( 1 ) because we are 
located in the North; (2) our plants are so 
mulched as to hold them dormant to the last 
possible moment, and (3) because of our per- 
fect packing methods. 
You may rest assured that no matter how 
late we are compelled to ship your plants, up 
to June 1, we shall use every precaution that 
will aid to deliver them to you in the best 
possible condition. But we urge early ship- 
ment because we sincerely desire that each 
customer shall attain the highest success pos- 
sible with our plants. 
But there is one thing we cannot and will 
not do — we will not ship plants to anybody, 
anywhere, for summer or fall setting. Our 
shipping season closes June 1, and all orders 
reaching us after that date will be returned 
or booked for shipping the following season. 
This is stated so positively because so many 
of our friends write pleading for us to break 
our rules and ship them plants for summer 
or fall setting. We refuse to do so because 
our plants are not sufficiently developed, and 
to set plants in summer or fall is not scientific 
horticultural practice. Please do not ask us 
to do what is impossible under the circum- 
stances. 
How Plants Feed 
"YY^HEN we stop to consider that more 
than 95 per cent of a strawberry plant 
is made up from the elements of the atmos- 
phere, we then wonder why such ideal soil 
conditions are of such great importance. If 
the atmosphere furnishes such a large per- 
centage of the plant's development, then why 
is it necessary to give any thought to soil 
preparation? The very poorest soil easily 
could contribute its small percentage to plant 
growth if the air would furnish the rest. 
This might be true if the roots and leaves 
and soil and atmosphere were not so much 
dependent one upon the other in order to 
get these percentages. The soil must be in 
a condition to make the bacterial germs com- 
fortable and to hold moisture to dissolve the 
soil materials. Under such conditions these 
Plants are always in good condition when they leave our farms, and you may be sure are freshly dug and properly 
packed. We do all we can to insure prompt and safe delivery. Beyond that point our responsibility docs not extend. 
