GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO 
R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 
GROW THEM 47 
Lady Thompson, B. (Male) 
EARLY TO LATE. Bisexual. Lady Thompson grows 
a bright-red berry, shaped almost like a top, with the 
lower end somewhat obtuse — as perfect a strawberry 
form as one would wish for. In size the fruit is 
medium large; the seeds are red, not very smooth, 
and give to the fruit a fine glossy effect. The berry 
is solid and meaty, pink in color, and is deliciously 
rich in flavor. The foliage is tall, grows upright and 
has a long light-green leaf. The double cal>'x opens 
closely over the berry and altogether the effect is an 
unusually pleasing one. The long fruit stems stand 
erect, holding the berries well up from the ground. 
This variety is a deep rooter and keeps on growing 
through a severe drought. Runners are long and 
abundant. This is the eighth year we have bred this 
variety, and every season serves to increase our opin- 
ion of the high value of the Lady Thompson, and the 
increased orders from our customers indicate that they 
confirm our view. 
THE GEORGE BAUER BANK 
John F. Bauer Prest. 
Mancos, Colo., July 26, 1908. 
71/. Kellogg Co., 
Three Rivers, Mich. 
r AM still harvesting strawberries, and fine ones,from 
my four-acre patch. My Parsons' Beauty has done 
wonderfully — they have yielded twice as much as any 
other of my fifteen varieties, besides being a beautiful 
berry and a good shipper. I have harvested more 
ihan two hundreil crates of fancy berries and sold 
them at an average price of $3.50 a crate. Frosty 
nights killed the bloom this spring, and I was very 
much discouraged; and if I hadn't had Thoroughbred 
plants I wouldn't liave had any fruit at all. Plants 1 
received from you this spring — 32 varieties — are all 
growing and doing fine. Shall want more plants next 
spring. JOHN F. BAUER. 
Kellogg's Successful — Other Kind Failure 
CE. LEITZELL, writing from Seville, Ohio, under 
• date of March 31, 1908, says: "Two years ago I 
decided to set out one acre of my little farm to straw- 
berries. I sent to you for about half my plants and to 
save money bought the rest of them nearer home. 
Suffice to say, the home plants were a total failure 
Nick Ohmer, B. (Male) 
MEDIUM TO LATE. Bisexual. Noted for its 
unusually rich flavor, Nick Ohmer has justly become 
one of the most popular fancy strawberries wherever 
it has been grown. The berries are cone-shaped, very 
large, with flesh firm and of rich crimson color, shad- 
ing down to pink at the center. The larger share of 
the seeds are brown, with yellow fellows interspersed 
among them, the combination of color being especially 
beautiful and attractive, a fact which is increased by 
the green calyx that surmounts the berry. The foli- 
age grows tall, and has a dark-green leaf, somewhat 
crinkled. The fruit stems are long and stand up 
through the foliage, making easy work for the pick- 
ers. The bloom is large and is very rich in pollen. 
Possessed of these qualities, Nick Ohmer has become a 
general favorite, and in the eleven years we have 
bred this variety there has been a steadily increasing 
demand for it. Many of the large commercial grow- 
ers of fancy fruit make it their leader. See page 35. 
the crop scant and the berries of a small and inferior 
quality. Both the Sample and Pride of Michigan 
from the Kellogg Co. retailed at 25 cents per quart 
throughout the entire season, and I never saw larger 
berries, and they certainly deserve the name of Pride 
of Michigan. The Samples were our canners and all 
the customers were well pleased." Mr. Leitzell proved 
his faith in our Thoroughbreds by ordering nearly 
10,000 plants for setting out in 1 90S. 
Thoroughbreds the Best Plants in the World 
•ryRlTING under date of June 29, 1908, Fred H. 
Selph, of Nelson, Pa., says: "I am picking berries 
from a half-acre of land set with Kellogg Thorough- 
bred plants in the spring of 1907. We have already 
harvested 2,500 baskets, and there are six or eight 
hundred baskets more on the vines. We are very 
much pleased with this yield. We have been using 
your plants for five years and would not use any other 
plants. I consider them the very best plants in the 
world I" 
Thoroughbred Plants Grow Rapidly 
TTERMAN VAN DER SCHUUR, of Cedar Rapids, 
la., writes: "I received 1,025 plants from you 
last spring, and never saw plants grow so rapidly. 
Am very much pleased with them." 
Don't throw ridges of dirt up against the plants when cultivating 
