GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 
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Bubach, P. (Female) 
LATE. Pistillate. Bubach has a wonderful reputa- 
tion as a money-maker and commands the market as 
do few varieties. Famous for its large yields, mam- 
moth in size and beautiful in color, the quality of the 
fruit is quite as remarkable as its tine appearance. 
The berries are very large and meaty, with bright- 
red surface. In form the fruit ranges from the 
conical to thick and broad. The bright-red color of 
the exterior extends throughout the berry. Bubach has 
a large calyx with medium-sized stems. Foliage is a 
glossy dark green with spreading habit and very short 
fruit and leaf stems. We have grown Bubach on 
black soil, on clay and on sandy loam, and in every 
instance this variety has given entirely satisfactory 
results. This is the twenty-second year we have had 
Bubach in our breeding beds, and every year notes a 
marked increase in its popularity. See page 25. 
Oregon Iron Clad, B. (Male) 
VERY LATE. Bisexual. This is a very large berry, 
broad in shape and of a glossy dark-red color that 
extends through to its very center. Very productive, 
it is strong as a shipper, and has a delicious flavor; 
qualities which make it very popular among extensive 
growers. The seeds are bright yellow, remaining that 
color no matter how ripe the berry becomes, and the 
fruit retains its brilliancy for days after being picked. 
The calyx which joins the berry in such a way as to 
form rather a long neck, remains fresh and green. 
The foliage is extra large, light green and tall, and 
the fruit stems are of more than ordinary length, hold- 
ing the clusters of berries up to full view. The Oregon 
Iron Clad is notable for the erectness with which it 
stands, this quality making it particularly easy to 
gather its fruit. This is the seventh year we have 
propagated this variety. 
More Than $500 an Acre 
T W. NATION, of Fremont, Nebraska, writing un- 
der date of March 30, 1908, says: "I see some 
very nice testimonials in the 1908 book. We had a 
scant one-quarter acre measured with a tape line, and 
sold $112 worth of berries last season, besides what we 
used and put up. The plants came from you. How 
was that for a crop? We figured it at over $500 per 
acre." 
The Best Berries in Kansas 
Vy" WHITWORTH, of Lacygne, Kansas, writ- 
ing under date of May 18, 1908, says; "I pur- 
chased one thousand strawberry plants from you in 
1907 and I will say that your plants have given me 
perfect satisfaction. I never lost one of them, and 
now I have as fine berries as this section of the coun- 
try can produce." 
Nothing Else So Good As Our Thoroughbreds 
A T Monroe, Mich., is the Lavender Fruit Farm, 
the owner of which is Harry Lavender. Under 
date of August 5, 1907, he writes us as follows: "You 
may like to know how I came out with the 600 pedi- 
gree plants I set out in the spring of 1906. I need not 
tell you of the peculiar season we have had ; all vege- 
tation is off, as you know ; but my 600 pedigree plants 
did first rate, and 'don't forget it' that this English- 
man and his family had their fill of strawberries, first 
of one kind then of another until it was difficult to 
decide which was best. Not only this, but we sold a 
lot of strawberries from the patch at 25 cents per 
quart. It pays to grade them. We grade all the fruit 
and put the small over-ripe fruit into cans, and we 
have a ready sale for them, making more than we do 
off the finest graded fruit. I shall need a large num- 
ber of plants for 1908, and I want your plants or none 
at all, as I am convinced that there is much in what 
you say as to the pedigree plants." 
Thoroughbreds the Best He Ever Grew 
A SMITH, of Savannah, Mo., writes: "I have been 
getting some plants from the Kellogg Company 
and think they are the best I have ever tried. I had 
just a little over half an acre in 1907 and had the best 
lot of berries in the country. I sold almost 100 crates 
at $2 per crate, and did not have to deliver any of 
them. Shall want 6,000 more plants next spring." 
Don't work a minute in your patch when the ground is wet. 
