GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
R. M. Kellogg Co.. Three Rivers, Mich. 
Gandy, B. (Male) 
LATE. Bisexual. Gandy is one of our most popular, 
as well as one of our very latest and largest berries. 
The above illustration indicates its perfect strawberry 
form. The deliciousness of its fruit and the beauty 
of its color, together with its fine shipping qualities, 
unite to make it one of the most popular favorites. It 
is grown universally and is as universally admired. 
The berry is bright red with a smooth shining surface 
and glossy dark-red seeds, and its fine appearance is 
maintained after having been shipped several hun- 
dred miles. Commercial growers prefer it because 
its lateness always insures the top price. The foliage 
of Gandy is very tall, and has a dark-green leathery 
leaf ; its fruit stems are long and strong, holding the 
berries up above the foliage, thus permitting the sun 
to put on the fine finishing touches. The fruit remains 
on the vines for several days after ripe, without 
deterioration. This is the twenty-fourth year we have 
had Gandy under our method of selection. As the 
first bloom of Gandy is deficient in pollen, it should 
be set with some other late variety like Pride of 
Michigan, Aroma, Dornan or Stevens' Late Champion. 
Kellogg's Thoroughbreds on a City Lot 
■\TRS. W. J. DORR, of Byron, Oklahoma, writing 
under date of January 1], 1908, says: "I re- 
ceived one hundred of your Thoroughbred strawberry 
plants in 1906 and set them out in the back yard of 
my city property, and I never saw anything grow 
nicer than they did. But in 1907 we sold our property 
and moved on a farm, and I want to get some more 
plants this spring." 
Thoroughbreds Succeed in Spite of Difficulties 
■p M. CAPRON of Belfast, New York, writing 
• under date of May 16, 1908, says: "The 1100 
plants that I bought of you last season (1907) were 
subjected to a sixteen-day wait before I could prepare 
the ground, finally putting them out on a very windy 
day, when I was not so careful to protect the plants 
from the wind as I would be now. The ground was 
baked very hard, so hard, in fact, that I took my spad- 
ing fork and raised the plants and earth bodily and 
pulverized the lumps by hand before I could see much 
growth. Then later the plants were struck with rust, 
and I did not know what to do until I had sent you 
Our shipping season ends June 1. We have no plants to send 
early in the spring as possible, if you 
Marshall, B. (Male) 
LATE. Bisexual. In every respect the Marshall is a 
noble variety and its general popularity stamps it as 
one of the greatest berries ever grown. Anyone who 
has grown this splendid fruit will admit that our 
Boston friends have shown excellent good taste in 
awarding to this variety more first premiums than 
ever have been given to any other. Of extraordinary 
size, rich blood red in color, and having a delicious 
aromatic flavor peculiar to itself, the Marshall is one 
of the most universally grown varieties ever origi- 
nated. It is one of the richest berries on our list; the 
juice is like a syrup, and is almost as sweet. Few 
varieties excel them for canning purposes, and those 
who preserve their fruit in the sun pronounce them 
particularly delicious in that form. The foliage is 
extra large; is an upright grower with round leaves, 
about one-half of which are light green and the other 
dark. The great big red berries distributed through- 
out the foliage make a gorgeous display. This is the 
fifteenth year we have bred the Marshall. 
sample of leaves, which was about ten days from the 
first appearance of the blight, before anything was 
done effectively to check it. But you ought to see them 
now! They are just coming into bloom and I am 
looking for very good returns as the growth of plant 
and bud system seem very good indeed." 
Beat the Other Kind Three to One 
lyr W. WOODCOCK, of Flint, Michigan, writing 
• Under date of April 20, 1908, says: "Although 
I was somewhat disappointed with my first 1,000 
plants I got of you on account of the dry summer 
(they were set out in 1906), I noticed that I had over 
$50 worth of berries (1907) to sell, while others around 
here did not have half that amount with three times 
the number of plants. My disappointment was turned 
to satisfaction." 
Plants Have a Splendid Root System 
A J. SIMPSON, writing from Carroll, Iowa, under 
• date of June 2, 1908, says: "1 purchased from 
you this spring plants representing six varieties. All 
these plants are living and all are now sending out 
numerous runners. They were exceedingly good- 
looking plants, with a grand root system." 
to anybody anywhere after that date. Set your plants as 
would win a victory worth while. 
