GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
R. M. Kellogi! Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 
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ROYALTY ADMIRES KELLOGG'S THOROUGHBREDS 
^NE of our European customers is R. Strimpl of Netrovice, 
^ Bohemia, who in sending us the fine photograph we have repro- 
duced here says: "It is remarkable, after last year's hailstorms to show 
you such success," and then refers to a visit from the future emperor and 
empress of Austria as follows: "Our ambition was crowned by a very high 
visit. June 17 his royal highness, the throne successor, Franz Ferdinand, with his 
wife, looked all over our farm and both admired the scene of beautiful strawberries 
growing in fields, a sight not common here, as I am the first to grow strawberries in fields.' 
Paris 
Green 
To spray with Bordeaux mixture and arsen- 
ate of lead at the same time, simply combine 
the lead with the Bordeaux mixture. This is 
is done only when 
plants are troubled 
with both fungous 
diseases and leaf- 
chewing insects. 
SHOULD you 
have but little 
spraying to do and 
be unable to 
get arsenate 
of lead in 
small quantities as 
desired, we would 
recommend the 
use of Paris green. 
Take eight or ten ounces of Paris green and 
pour over this just enough water to paste, 
and after you have it thoroughly pasted add 
to this two gallons of lime water and mix 
thoroughly. This should be added to forty 
gallons of water. The lime water is made by 
slaking two pounds of lump lime in two gal- 
lons of water. 
We have thousands of customers who have 
used our plants for years and have never 
sprayed, and they always get a big crop of 
the very choicest of berries. We are giving 
these spraying receipts and instructions for 
those who find it necessary to spray, and 
even if you never have had to spray at all it 
will be a good thing to know how the work is 
done, for it may be 
that insects or dis- 
ease may, without 
warning, appear. 
LAYERING RUNNERS 
O Y laying a stone or drawing soil with a hoe over the runner-cwd 
^ just back of where the young plant is forming, you will encourage 
the young plant to take root quickly; will also encourage a heavier 
rooting system, which always means more and higher-quality fruit. 
Tlie Hill 
System 
Systems of 
Planting 
THERE are dif- 
ferent systems 
of growing 
strawberries, and 
each grower gen- 
erally has his pref- 
erence. The hill 
system is very de- 
sirable, provided your soil is rich, but it does 
not pay to grow strawberries in hills on thin, 
poor soil. The rows may be anywhere 
from twenty- four to thirty inches 
apart and the plants set twelve to fif- 
teen inches apart in the rows. Some grow- 
ers advocate growing strawberries in hills in 
the following manner: Set four or five rows 
sixteen inches apart, then leave a path twen- 
ty-four inches wide; following this, five more 
rows sixteen inches apart. The plants are set 
twelve inches apart in the rows. The twenty- 
four inch space is used for the pickers to walk 
