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GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
R M. Kellogs Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 
A HILL OF KELLOGG S THOROUGHBREDS LN FULL FRUIT 
IVf OST of the foliage has been removed to show berries. This photo-engravinff illustrates in a way something of the great 
productive power of the Kellogg strain of plants. Note how the berries lie on the mulching and the large vigorous foliage 
which, naturally, will develop to full size the big red berries. 
tion should be continued until quite late in 
the fall, depending upon the season, of course. 
After the last cultivation, a furrow should be 
made directly in the center of the space be- 
tween the rows to take up the water from 
heavy melting snows and heavy rains during 
the winter. Sometimes it happens that you 
will get a very heavy snow, and this will go 
off with a heavy rain, resulting in a flood 
of water. The water naturally will run in- 
to these furrows and drain away from the 
crowns of the plants, and should a freeze 
come at this time the water will not lie over 
the plants and be frozen, which would be 
very detrimental to them. This furrow need 
not be more than four or five inches deep. 
Removing the Blossoms 
IN two or three weeks after the plants have 
been set the fruit buds will begin to ap- 
pear and blossoms will open. At this time 
you should go over tha field and pinch out the 
fruit stems from each plant. This is a very 
small job, yet there is no other one thing 
you can do that will contribute more to the 
strength of the plant. One man will remove 
the bloom from two or three acres in one day. 
If the flowers were left on the plant the 
latter would thereby be greatly weakened 
through pollen exhaustion. Especially is this 
true with bisexuals, and when the plant would 
ABOUT two weeks after plants are set, you should relieve 
them of the fruit buds. The dotted lines shown on the 
above engraving indicates where the fruit stem should be 
severed from the plant. This throws more strength to the 
youne plant, which encourages a rapid, vigorous growth. 
come to produce berries the strain of seed 
production would in many cases so weaken 
the plant that it would die. It would be just 
as unreasonable to expect plants to yield a 
big crop of berries before they become estab- 
lished in the soil as it would to expect a newly 
born babe to walk. A newly set strawberry 
plant does not start making a vigorous growth 
until after the bloom has been removed, and 
