GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 
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Longfellow, B. (Male) 
EARLY TO LATE. Bisexual. The reason we 
class Longfellow as early to late is that it begins 
ripening with the very earliest varieties and con- 
tinues the production of fine fruit until very late 
in the season. In size the Longfellow is very 
large and produces the largest number of uni- 
formly big berries of any variety of its season. 
In form it is very long and of the perfect straw- 
berry type. In color it is dark red, the rich deep 
redness extending from circumference to center. 
The flavor is the richest of any variety we ever 
have tested and it is mild and sweet. Longfellow 
is unequalled in productiveness; with us it even 
surpasses such varieties as Senator Dunlap, War- 
field and Haverland. The skin of this variety is 
very tough, making it one of the best shippers 
ever introduced. The calyx is large and i-emains 
green after the fruit is picked; foliage is light 
green, grows tall, has a perfectly formed leaf, 
and the plant is exceedingly heavy and vigorous 
It makes strong runners and lots of them. It is 
a profuse bloomer and every bloom is perfect. It 
is therefore most valuable as a pollenizer. We 
do not hesitate to say that Longfellow, set with 
Virginia, would result in making the greatest 
team of strawberries, staminate and pistillate, 
ever grown together. We have been selecting 
and fruiting this variety since 1905 and its per- 
formance in our fruiting bed gives us assurance 
that it is a variety that will succeed anywhere 
and in any kind of soil. 
get up a meal. It is mighty nice, when company 
comes unexpectedly and you can invite them out 
into your garden while you gather three or four 
quarts of big red berries in connection with an 
assortment of garden vegetables; and we believe 
if you will study the photo-engravings on the dif- 
ferent pages of this book which refer to the 
home garden, you never will be satisfied to go 
through another year without having a straw- 
berry bed that you can call your own. 
If you were to buy the berries which three 
dollars' worth of plants would produce, it would 
Virginia, P. (Female) 
EXTRA EARLY. Pistillate. Last year we in- 
troduced to our patrons this marvelous early pis- 
tillate variety, and the performance of Virginia 
during the past season has more than justified 
our highest claims for that berry. The vines 
in our testing bed were literally crowded with 
large, i-ound and beautiful berries such as this 
variety is famous for producing. In size the Vir- 
ginia ranks very high among the extra-early ber- 
ries and is unusually uniform in this respect as 
well as in its unique form, being of the perfect 
strawberry type with an obtuse noint. In color 
it ranges between scarlet and crimson and is of 
identically the same shade throughout. In flavor 
the fruit is tart and very rich. Although a com- 
paratively new variety, Virginia has sprung into 
great popularity because of its vei-y heavy yields 
of uniform fruit and its fine shipping qualities. 
One grower reports 12,000 quarts from a single 
acre of Virginia. The plant is extra large, bright 
green in color, stands very high, and its stems 
are large and strong, holding the fi'uit well up 
from the ground. The plant is a deep rooter and 
this fact, combined with its dense mass of foli- 
age, insures its success even under the most 
trying drought. Last year we advised our cus- 
tomers to try some of the Virginia. This year 
we can say in all confidence, set as many plants 
of this variety as you possibly can. Set them 
with Longfellow and the Virginia will be per- 
fectly fertilized. This is the third year we have 
been breeding this extraordinary variety. 
cost you all the way from twenty-five to fifty 
dollars. It's a pretty good investment— don't 
you think so? 
Some Shipping Suggestions 
A LARGE percentage of our customers when 
sending in their orders leave the shipping 
date entirely to our judgment, while others 
name a specified date on which they wish their 
