Senator Dunlap, E. (Male.) 
MEDIUM TO LATE. Bisexual. An ex- 
traordinary producer of large, handsome, top- 
shaped berries, with the rich, dark-red, glossy 
color that delights the eye and makes every one 
who sees them a buyer. It is 
a characteristic of the variety 
that it is uniform in shape and 
presents a beautiful and attrac- 
tive appearance when packed 
in the box. And all growers for 
market know what that means. 
The calyx adds to the beauty 
of the berry. It is heavy and 
green, part of it drooping grace- 
fully over the berry, the other 
part curling back towards the 
stem, which is very long. This 
not only protects the berries in 
shipping, but makes them more 
tempting to purchasers. The 
foliage is tall, dark green, up- 
right, with a long leaf. Its power to develop a 
big crown system is remarkable — it is a common 
thing to find hills with as many as eighteen 
crowns. Its flowering season is long, it is ex- 
ceedingly rich in pollen, it roots very deeply, 
making it almost drought-proof; it is a vigorous 
plant maker and should be restricted to snigle- 
hedge rows, and it will thrive on all soils. Any 
way you look at it, the Senator Dunlap is an 
ideal berry. This is the ninth year of selection 
of this variety on the Kellogg farms, and it is 
proving itself each year a veritable record- 
breaker. Set plants thirty inches apart in the row. 
HAVE just finished picking my first crop of 
strawberries from your Thoroughbred 
plants, and am highly pleased with them," says 
Sinclair Adolph of Wallace, Ont. , in a note to us. 
Seu;itor l^uuiup 
Downing's Bride, P. (Female.) 
MEDIUM TO LATE. Pistillate. One of 
the prettiest and glossiest berries grown; dark 
blood red almost to center; just enough white 
at the heart to make it look more tempting and 
rich; the seeds are of a golden 
color and shine as if polished. 
The berry is a large, top- 
shaped beauty. The big shiny 
fellows lie in piles all along the 
rows; very few varieties excel 
Downing's Bride in produc 
tiveness. The foliage grows 
tall, has a large leathery, dark- 
green leaf, which droops over 
and shades the berries from the 
sun's direct rays and prevents 
them from being scalded after 
a rain. Runners form abun- , . 
, , , ^ Downing a Briac 
dantly and grow about hfteen 
inches before making plants. 'We have tested 
them on clay, sandy and creek-bottorn soil with 
no difference appearing in their behavior. Pro- 
ductiveness and quality on all soils and in all 
localities is their strong claim. Set the plants 
three feet apart in the row and train them in the 
double-hedge system. This is the fifth year it 
has been in our breeding bed under careful 
selection. 
Kellogj Thoroughbreds in a Drought 
WRITING from Milton, Iowa, under date 
of June 28, 1906, Mrs. Louis Gilson says: 
"In the spring of 1905 I got some plants of you, 
and this season I have the name of having the 
nicest berries that came to the Milton market. 
My berries looked nice and fresh all the time, 
while my neighbors' were all dried and burnt up 
with the drought, " 
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