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GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 
Thompson's No. 2, B. (Male) 
MEDIUM EARLY. Bisexual. Notable for the bright 
red berries which are produced by this variety in great 
quantities. High in color, rich in flavor, and extra- 
good shippers, the berries of Thompson's No. 2, al- 
though a comparatively new variety on our list, have 
commanded the admiration of all who have grown it. 
In addition to all these excellent qualities, this variety 
is extraordinarily strong as a pollenizer. With such a 
combination of excellencies it is not strange that this 
variety has so quickly won popular favor. The shape 
of the berry is almost globular, and presents a beau- 
tiful appearance in the box; the skin does not break 
easily in handling, and the fruit holds its color long 
after being picked. The foliage is a glossy dark 
green, the most beautiful we ever have seen, with a 
tissue so tough that it makes a strong resistance to all 
leaf spots, such as rust, mildew and blight. Its bright 
color and polished surface are retained throughout 
the season. This is the fourth year we have had it 
under our methods of selection and restriction, and 
we can heartily recommend our patrons to give this 
variety a thorough trial. 
Best Plants He Ever Saw 
Clifton, Idaho, Jan. 30, 1908. 
R. M. Kellogg Co., 
Three Rivers, Mich. 
^NCLOSED find order for six thousand strawberry 
plants, also money order for $8. Will send bal- 
ance when plants are ready to ship. Those I received 
of you last year were the best plants I ever saw. Ship 
plants to Preston, Idaho, and oblige, 
Yours truly, 
W. H. GARNER. 
Stand Cold Weather Better Than Native Plants 
•yi/-RITING under date of May 30, 1908, A. A. Wall- 
ner, of Canby, Minn., says: "Plants came this 
spring in good condition, but we had a late and cold 
spring — it was frost and ice up to the 7th of May — 
so you understand it gave the plants a pretty hard 
trial, and a few of the plants have died out. Had 
these plants come from the local nurseries every one 
of them would have died. My neighbor got 100 plants 
from a nursery at M , in this state. He tells me 
that every last one of them died, while nearly all of 
mine are coming all right." 
Ridgeway, B. (Male) 
MEDF'M TO LATE. Bisexual. Round as a cherry 
and almost as smooth, the great load of big blood-red 
berries grown by the Ridgeway plants are among the 
most beautiful conceivable. The seeds are imbedded 
deeply in the flesh, and the combination of colors make 
a most attractive berry, the beauty of which is not less- 
ened when cut open and the tempting interior is seen. 
The meat is scarlet, with an oblong ring around the 
heart which is almost white. The calyx is small and 
droops over the berry, remaining several days after 
being picked. The foliage is of tall habit, with dark- 
green leaves, and the runners are very large, extend- 
ing out some distance before forming nodes for new 
plants. We have had Ridgeway in our breeding beds 
for twelve years, and its popularity has steadily in- 
creased during that time. 
Kellogg's Thoroughbreds Eighty-Two Days 
From Setting 
JOHN H. NEWLON, of Mansfield, Ohio, in a letter dated 
** July 17, 1908, says: "I am sending a photo of my 
strawberry patch. The plants I bought of you this spring 
and they were set out April 20. This photo was taken July 
11. All the plants save five are growing vigorously." 
Don't go deep or close enough to the plants to cut the roots when you arc cultivating. 
