40 GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 
Tennessee Prolific, B. (Male) 
EARLY. Bisexual. Tennessee Prolific yields a me- 
dium large berry, bright crimson in color, and for the 
most part rather long and corrugated in form. The 
seeds color up red as the berries ripen, and are quite 
prominent. The flesh is fine grained, well filled with 
juice, and a decided pink in color. This variety is 
popular as a canner, and its close-grained surface 
insures fine shipping qualities. It has a large calyx. 
Its name suggests its great quality, as it is an ex- 
tremely prolific variety, but to this quality it adds 
excellence of form and flavor. It is a strong producer 
of runners, and as a pollenizer ranks with the best. 
This is the twenty-first year we have had this variety 
under our methods of selection, and the longer we 
propagate the variety the more completely are we 
satisfied with its general value, considered from the 
viewpoint of both the family garden and the commer- 
cial field. 
Splendid, B. (Male) 
EARLY TO LATE. Bisexual. The name of this 
variety is none too strong to characterize its excel- 
lencies, for it is indeed a splendid berry. Large, 
almost round, bright red in color, it is one of the most 
attractive berries imaginable when placed upon the 
market. The seeds are nearly the same color as the 
fruit. The berry is meaty, smooth and of melting 
texture; the interior colors are very marked — around 
the edges bright red, which extends about one-third 
to the center, and from this down to the center a 
creamy white. The calyx is small, bright green, and 
spreads well over the ends of the berr;^. The foliage 
is of a spreading nature, and a dark glossy green, 
with rather a long leaf, having a polished surface. 
As a mate for pistillate varieties the Splendid is one 
of the leaders, as its flowering season is long, and 
every flower is full of strong pollen. This is the tenth 
year we have bred tl\is great variety. 
An Old Row After Narrowing Down 
A FTER the burning we hitch one horse to a breaking plow and throw a furrow from each .side of the row into the 
■li. center as shown at the left of illustration. This is followed in the same direction with a five-tooth cultivator, which 
levels down the ridge between the rows. Then we go crossways with a weeder which levels the surface and draws fine 
soil over the crowns of the plant as shown at right of illustration. 
Fine Plants and Big Yields 
WRITING under date of June 16, 1908, J. W. Mc- 
Clure, of Fremont, Neb., says: "The plants I got 
of you and set the fore part of last April are fine. The 
order was for 600, and today 580 are doing well. My 
Kellogg plants of one year ago are yielding a good 
crop." 
Thoroughbreds Grow Piles of Berries 
WRITING under date of June 15, 1908, E. L. Mor- 
ris, of El wood, Ind., says: "I write to tell you 
what my plants ordered from you in 1907 have done. 
Such piles of berries I never saw before as there were 
on my plants this year. I took care of these plants 
from start to finish acording to your instructions." 
Orders sent in after March 15 must be accompanied by full payment to insure proper place in our order books. 
