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GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 
Dornan, B. (Male) 
LATE. Bisexual. One of the noblest varieties of 
strawberries ever originated. It grows immense 
quantities of extra-large berries, and usually the shape 
is that shown in the illustration above. It is dark red 
on the outer side, shading to a bright red on the lower. 
The seeds are red and yellow, and the meat is deep 
pink, shaded down to almost a white center. It is one 
of the meatiest and the richest of berries, and its 
delicious sub-acid flavor makes it possible for the most 
pronounced dyspeptic to eat the fruit with impunity. 
No strawberry grower should fail to have a generous 
patch of Dornans. The foliage of this variety is 
dark green and has a waxy appearance, very large, 
vigorous grower and of upright habit. The roots go 
deeply down, bringing up plenty of moisture, and this 
quality, together with the great foliage which supplies 
a perfect shade, makes the Dornan a great favorite in 
sections where dry periods in the growing season are 
likely to occur. Dornan is invaluable as a pollenizer 
for pistillates. It has been in our breeding beds for 
ten years, and words cannot express too strongly our 
high appreciation of its splendid qualities. 
How to Get Nitrogen at Low Cost 
/^NE of the essentials to strawberry suc- 
cess is the presence of an ample supply 
of nitrogen in the soil. Nitrates of soda are 
expensive, costing, according to quantity pur- 
chased, from 4 to 5 cents a pound — and it is 
heavy stuff, too. But nature has given us 
a method of getting nitrogen into the soil at 
very little cost, indeed. 
Our forefathers used to follow nature's 
plan in this matter, but didn't know they 
were doing it. They used to wonder what 
it was in the clovers and vetches and peas 
Mark Hanna, P. (Female) 
MEDIUM TO QUITE LATE. Pistillate. One of 
the largest and most beautiful bright-red berries ever 
grown, made particularly attractive by its sparkling 
yellow seeds and light-green calyx. Its flesh is scarlet, 
rich and solid. The productive powers of this variety 
place it among the prize winners, and the size of the 
fruit, hanging in clusters like cherries, make it one of 
the most attractive varieties ever propagated. The 
flavor of this variety is a peculiar one, suggesting 
somewhat the cherry. The foliage grows tall, droop- 
ing over each side of the row and spreading apart 
in the middle of the row, thus allowing the great load 
of berries which grow in the center to color up evenly 
with those upon the outer edge. No extra care need 
be given this varietv in order to secure big crops of 
fancy berries. This is the sixth year of selection in 
our breeding beds, and every year the call for Mark 
Hanna is for an increased number. 
and beans that did the soil so much good. 
Modern science has told us why this is, and 
just how it is that these crops, which are 
called le gumes or leguminous crops, renovate 
and strengthen the soil. These legumes have 
on their roots little tubercles or nodules, and 
in these tubercles ar' bacteria — more than a 
million in one tubercle no larger than a grain 
of wheat. These bacteria have the power to 
digest nitrogen and make it available as plant 
food, much as the bacteria in yeast transform 
the bread dough into food for humans. Now 
there is an inexhaustible supply of free ni- 
trogen in the atmosphere — twelve pounds to 
every square inch of earth — and through the 
legumes these bacteria have the power to 
draw in great draughts of this free nitro- 
Set out your plants promptly upon receiving them. Heel them in if you are compelled to do so, but get them into 
their permanent home at the earliest moment possible. 
