GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 
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Glen Mary, B. (Male) 
MEDIUM. Bisexual. The demand for this variety 
grows by leaps and bounds, the reason for which is 
not far to seek when one comprehends its extraordi- 
nary qualities. The big, dark-red berries with their 
prominent seeds of bright yellow, lie in piles around 
the hills and form so tempting and attractive an 
appearance as to command immediate sale, and when 
the customer once has tasted of the juicy, rich and 
highly flavored fruit, the demand for more is inevita- 
ble. Delicious when served at table, it is equally 
noted for its fine canning and preserving qualities. 
As a shipper it is unexcelled, and for this reason is 
an especial favorite among the extensive growers of 
strawberries who ship their fruit long distances. An- 
other element of popularity is the fact that its roots 
are long and bring up moisture from great depths 
below the surface, thus making it an ideal variety in 
dry seasons, or in climates of limited rainfall. The 
foliage is extra large, growing upright and dark 
green in color. It should always be remembered, 
however, that Glen Mary is not strong as a pollenizer 
and should be planted near some other bisexual of 
even season. This is the twelfth year that Glen Mary 
has been grown under our methods of selection and 
restriction. See page 28. 
oughly harrowed into the soil before plants 
are set. If a light dressing of manure could 
be applied to the ground in the winter or 
spring and one of these combinations of com- 
mercial fertilizers worked into the soil before 
plants are set, you would certainly have the 
ground in splendid condition for best results. 
Pedigree Plants Yield Profit and Pleasure 
LT. CHAMBERLAIN, of St. Paul, Minnesota, in 
• sending to us an order for plants, writes as fol- 
lows under date of January 28, 1908: "It may be of 
interest for you to know that two years ago this spring 
I purchased from you a hundred plants. I do not 
New York, B. (Male) 
MEDIUM TO LATE. Bisexual. New York is a 
veritable giant in both fruit and foliage; the shape of 
the berry is varied, ranging from a top-shaped berry 
with rather a long point to the thick and broad form. 
The color of the fruit is bright blood red with shiny 
surface, and the seeds are of nearly the same color, 
and so deeply imbedded in the fruit as to be almost 
invisible. The meat is of smooth texture, and the 
flavor is mildly delicate. In every sense the New 
York is a strictly fancy berry, and one of the most 
tempting and attractive grown. Its delicious flavor 
wins and holds a popularity which grows stronger 
with the years. It is a very prolific yielder, has a 
long season of ripening, and is one of the most profit- 
able varieties for commercial growers, considered 
from the viewpoints of the shipper and the grower for 
the home trade. The foliage is of upright habit, and 
affords ample protection for the great clusters of 
mammoth and beautiful berries. The variety is espe- 
cially strong as a pollenizer. This is the ninth year 
we have bred New York under our particular meth- 
ods, and we cannot too strongly recommend it to our 
customers as an ideal berry in every particular. 
think I lost a single plant by reason of any defect in 
the plant itself. I did lose two or three from grubs, 
but nearly the whole hundred lived and flourished. 1 
followed your directions as to keeping the buds cut off 
the first summer. Last year they bore fruit and the 
crop to me was a wonderful one. They were greatly 
admired by my friends for their size, color and qual- 
ity. The bed was altogether about 20x33 feet in size. 
About half of it was an old bed where the plants had 
run together and the strawberries were not nearly 
equal to those from your vines. From the whole bed 
I gathered 144 quarts of berries. They were measured 
in a large tin quart measure, not in the ordinary mar- 
ket boxes. Some were picked from the vines and were 
not measured and therefore not counted in the above. 
I feel that you are fully carrying out your promises 
and statements as to the character of the berry plants 
which you sell, and that your description of the qual- 
ity of the berries is very accurate." 
Don't stick your plants down between clods pr in clumps of manur?, 
