GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 53 
R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 
Cardinal, P. (Female) 
LATE. Pistillate. Here is a variety that no catalogue 
description ever lias fairly represented, because it is 
impossible for any language to describe its many ex- 
cellent qualities. The Cardinal, like all other varieties, 
is not free from fault, but it is as nearly perfect as any 
variety we ever have worked with. We have fruited it 
two years under different methods, and at each fruiting 
time it has won the admiration and been the astonish- 
ment of all visitors to our experimental plot. We say 
that the originator of such a grand variety deserves to 
be pensioned. In vigor of plants and in productive- 
ness of big red berries it is a marvel. The fruit grows 
in clusters like cherries, as shown on page 29. The 
berries are very large and are of a deep cardinal red, 
with dark, rich flesh; have a delicious flavor and are 
strong shippers. The experiment stations where it has 
been tested recommend Cardinal without qualification. 
It is doubtless one of the greatest late pistillates ever 
originated. It is a strong grower, with leaves of more 
than ordinary size and of tough tissue. It is not 
susceptible to any fungous spots, makes long, strong 
runners. Under heavy frosts at blooming time Cardi- 
nal has come through uninjured. Plants may be set 
three feet apart in the row, and they will easily fill in an 
ideal fruiting row. It has a very long fruiting season, 
and the last picking of the berries is just about as fine 
as the first. The Cardinal is at home in all parts of 
the country and takes first place wherever grown. If 
you would beat all records for large yields of the 
choicest berries, just set Cardinal in rows between 
Pride of Michigan, Stevens' Late Champion or Dor- 
nan. This is the third year we have had Cardinal in 
our breeding beds. Especial care is taken to select 
nothing but ideal mother plants, and our strain of 
Cardinals is pure, healthy and vigorous, and excep- 
tionally heavy fruiters. Like the Pride of Michigan, 
Cardinal is cheaper to the grower at $8.00 a thousand 
than are poorly developed plants as a gift. Last year 
the demand for this variety was so great that our 
entire stock was sold out before the order season was 
fairly begun; and we had a big stock of plants too. 
This year we have a very large stock of them, but 
orders for 1909 shipments began coming in for them 
before we were through shipping in 1908. We men- 
tion this so that you will be sure to get your order in 
early and we can reserve the plants for you. 
We advise expressing plants in all cases where the number 
safer and more expeditious than the mails, but is 
Stevens' Late Champion, B. (Male) 
LATE. Bisexual. This variety is correctly named, 
as it is certainly a champion among late fruiters. 
Stevens' Late is in full fruit when most varieties are 
through bearing, and berries are picked through a 
very long season. It is one of the most productive late 
varieties on the list. It is a splendid shipper, and a 
noble market berry. In form it is perfect, resembling 
Gandy in size, flavor and color. It is a rank, upright 
grower and apparently thrives everywhere. It is deep 
rooted, a strong plant maker and possesses great vital- 
ity. One fine feature of Stevens' Late is its strong 
fruit stems, which enable it to hold its fruit well up 
from the ground, keeping berries free from grit and 
sand. Its foliage is large and massive, and this, in 
connection with its late blooming, makes it free from 
danger of frost. This is the fourth year we have had 
the Champion in our breeding bed, and it has fruited 
three times in our experimental plot, yielding every 
time a great crop of the choicest berries. There is a 
great demand for late varieties; especially those kinds 
that produce abundantly and are good shippers. The 
late berries bring the top-notch prices, and are the 
money makers. For this reason Stevens' Late is cer- 
tain to be as popular a variety as ever has been intro- 
duced. If you would see how a big dish of berries 
of this variety looks, turn to pages 23 and 31. 
Thoroughbreds the Only Plants for Him 
A SA O. PENCE, of Converse, Indiana, writing un- 
^ der date of July 13, 1908, says: "I got 5,000 plants 
of you a year ago last spring and set out just three- 
fourths of an acre of ground. I kept strict count of 
all I sold this season. It got so extremely dry that I 
think one-third of them dried up on the stems. I sold 
just $247 worth, besides we used lots of them. Thor- 
oughbred plants are the only plants. Everyone that 
saw the patch said it beat anything ever seen." 
Confident We Will Do Our Part 
NDER date of March 3, 1908, T. J. Reaston, of 
Weston, Ontario, writes us as follows: "I feel 
confident you will do your part, as the plants I got 
before were received in the best possible condition, 
and every one grew." 
ordered is in excess of four or five hundred. It is not only 
less expensive where a large number are ordered. 
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