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GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers. Mich. 
Excelsior, B. (Male) 
EXTRA EARLY. Bisexual. Excelsior is a dark- 
red berry with small dark seeds, the combined 
effect of which gives to the fruit a brightness 
most attractive when they are placed, neatly 
packed, on the market. The berry is almost 
round in form and of medium size. The green 
calyx curls over the fruit in such a way as to 
create a fine contrast. The flesh is a rich red, 
somewhat lighter than the outer surface. It is 
very solid and has a rather tart, though extremely 
rich, flavor. Excelsior has won a popular place 
in the home because of its excellence as a canner, 
retaining its shape better than do most varieties 
after being cooked. Among commercial straw- 
berry growers it is popular because of its splen- 
did shipping qualities; form and color are retained 
for days after being picked and endure a long 
journey without being in the slightest degree 
affected. These qualities make Excelsior one of 
the most profitable berries grown on the market. 
This is the fourteenth year Excelsior has been 
under our system of breeding and selection. 
1*/^RITING under date of June 10. 1909, James A. Henry of 
The Oal<s, Lexington, Tenn., says: "Find enclosed pic- 
ture of pedigree strawberry plants purchased of you in the 
spring of 1908. Photograph was taken May 1, 1909. Sold my 
first crate on that date. This is admitted by everyone to be 
the finest field of strawberries ever seen in this communi'y. 
The yield was enormous notwithstanding the very wet weath- 
er, and sales were good." 
Climax, B. (Male) 
EXTRA EARLY. Bisexual. The Climax is a 
universal favorite because of its beauty, its ex- 
traordinary yields of delicious fruit and its excel- 
lence as a shipper. A rich dark-red berry, con- 
ical in shape and having a glossy surface, the 
fruit commands instant attention when shown in 
the market. The seeds are bright yellow except 
on the darker side, and there they are a trifle 
lighter than the outer surface, the dark red ex- 
tending to the very center of the berry. The 
flesh is firm, rich and juicy. These qualities have 
made it an ideal all-round berry— a favorite with 
growers who produce them on a commercial scale 
and equally popular in the family garden. The 
calyx IS small for so large a berry, and the plant 
stands erect and grows unusually tali. This is 
the sixth year that Climax has been in our breed- 
ing beds, and we note a constantly increasing 
demand for this most attractive variety. No one 
who would grow fine early fruit should fail to have 
a generous number of our Chmax in his fields. 
were dug. While our shipping season continues 
up until the first of June, we urge you to send in 
your orders early in the winter and allow us to 
ship the plants early in the spring while the plants 
are dormant. We refer you to the article on 
"Heeling-in Plants," which will give you the rea- 
son why we encourage early shipping; also see 
illustration on Page 17. However, if you feel 
that it is impossible for you to have the plants 
come forward until you are ready to set them, 
we will see to it that your plants are dug and 
shipped at the time you ask us to do so, provided 
you do not set the date later than June 1. 
\\f^ never have advocated fall setting of straw- 
berry plants because at that time of the 
year the plants are in a green, growing condi- 
tion, and will not stand shipping and 
Fall transplanting. About the last of Sep- 
Setting temberour plants begin building up their 
fruit-bud system, and to take them from 
the ground during this period would be very det- 
rimental to them; besides the plants never are 
sufficiently rooted at this time of the year to in- 
sure success, and for this reason we have adopted * 
