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Aroma. B. (Male.) 
LATE. Bisexual. One of the most popu- 
lar of the late varieties, and deservedly so. 
Berries are very large, blood red to the center 
and have a rich, aromatic flavor. The flesh is 
solid and smooth, holding the 
juice when cut. The outside is 
firm, making it an ideal shipper. 
Part of the calyx droops over the 
berry and part curls back over 
he stem. Seeds are yellow, 
prominent and glossy. Its 
lateness, productiveness, firm- 
ness and rich flavor have made 
it the leading variety among 
Aroma commercial growers in many lo- 
calities. It is a strong pollen- 
izer for late pistillates, as the bloom starts early 
and continues until quite late. Foliage is 
smooth, deep green, with spreading habit. Set 
the plants thirty inches apart in the row and layer 
runners so they will form a narrow-matted row, 
but do not allow them to mat thickly. This is 
the fifteenth year of selection and restriction in 
our breeding beds, and it would be dirticult to 
find anywhere a more perfect berry. 
The Best Conducted Farm He Ever Saw 
IN May, 1906, we had a visit from Mr. and 
Mrs. W. H. Martin of Dunkirk, Ohio, who 
had long promised themselves a visit to the 
Kellogg farms. Under date of July 16 Mr. 
Martin wrote us of his impressions as follows: 
"We often talk about the pleasant visit at your 
farm last May when you had over 300 men and 
women at work, digging, hauling and packing 
plants. We wondered how you could manage 
such an immense industry. But when we noticed 
that every detail was carried out like clockwork, 
saw how well you treated your employes and the 
evidence of systematic eflfort and good judgment 
Marshall 
through the 
Marshall, B. (Male.) 
LATE. Bisexual. Its enormous size makes 
this berry a universal favorite, and it is one of 
the leaders among the show prize-winners. But 
it is not only large, its size and blood-red color 
are re-enforced by a delicious 
"sugary" flavor that causes all 
who buy once to come again. 
They are excellent canned and 
sun preserved. The grower 
seeking a fancy trade should not 
fail to set largely of this variety. 
The foliage is extra large, it is 
an upright grower, with leaves 
almost as round as a dollar; 
about one-half of them are light 
green, while the others are a very 
dark green, and the big red ber- 
ries being evenly distributed all 
beautiful foliage make a gorgeous display of 
colors. In order to obtain the very best results 
with this variety, set the plants not over twenty- 
four inches apart in the row and let them form 
a single-hedge row. Marshalls have been select- 
ed and restricted on our farms for thirteen years. 
on every hand, oursurprise was somewhat abated. 
Another pleasant recollection of our visit was 
that, after going all over the farm, and through 
the packing house and talking with the hands, I 
heard not a word of profanity or bad language 
from any one. I must say all were ladies and 
gentlemen. I cannot close without telling you 
about the plants I got from you. They are do- 
ing well, just like all that I have got from you 
for the last three years. The way you manage 
and handle them they could not do otherwise. 
Before I saw your farm I thought your catalog 
colored things a little too highly and that things 
were perhaps overdrawn a little. But after seeing 
for myself I must say it is not overdrawn a bit. 
The Kellogg farm is the finest and best con- 
ducted of anything in that line I ever saw." 
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