40 GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO CROW THEM 
R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 
Lovett, B. (Male) 
EARLY. Bisexual. This variety steadily grows 
in popular favor. During the eighteen years we 
have bred this variety under our methods of selec- 
tion it has forged its way to the front and today 
is one of the "old stand-bys." This variety 
grows a berry large in size and of deep crimson 
color; for the most part the fruit is conical in 
shape with long points, but there are just enough 
variations in the form of the fruit to make it 
particularly attractive when packed in the box. 
The flesh is a dark, rich red and is very juicy. 
In flavor it is sufficiently tait to make it an ex- 
cellent canner. The seeds are bright yellow, 
standing out from the surface, and add not a 
little to the generally pleasing efl'ect of this fruit. 
The calyx is very small for so large a berry, and 
lies flat upon the fruit for the most part, the 
rest of the calyx curling back towards the stem. 
Lovett ranks high as a shipper as it holds its 
bright color for many days after f icking. These 
fine qualities combined with great productiveness 
insure a constantly increasing vogue for Lcvett. 
case had they used their own earlier judgment 
and set out a large area. 
AFTER you read the descriptions which appear 
under the strawberry cuts representing each 
variety, if you still are unable to make a selec- 
tion, or, if you are not clear as to how 
We Help many plants to order, tell us about it. 
Beginners Give us the size of the piece of ground 
you intend to set to strawberries and 
we will select the exact number of plants required 
to set your patch and from the varieties that will 
do best in your locality, covering the season from 
the earliest to the latest, so that you may have 
the choicest of berries throughout the entire fruit- 
ing season. Or, if you will advise us what season 
you prefer your berries to ripen in, whether early, 
mid-season or late, we shall be governed by your 
wishes, of course. We also will advise you how 
to set the different varieties so they may proper- 
ly be mated, and will give you any other infor- 
mation you may need to insure you big crops of 
big red berries. Hundreds of customers send the 
amount of money they wish to invest in plants, 
with instructions to send them as many plants as 
their money will pay for and to give them the 
Tennessee Prolific, B. (Male) 
EARLY. Bisexual. Lovers of the sweet straw- 
berry declare that this variety is one which meets 
their ideal of strawberry perfection. To this 
exceedingly popular quality Tennessee adds those 
of great prolificness and beauty. The berry is 
medium-large, bright crimson in color and, for 
the most part, is rather long and corrugated in 
form. The seeds color to a rich red as the ber- 
ries ripen and are sufficiently prominent to add 
distinctly to the general appearance of the fruit. 
The flesh is fine of grain, very juicy and in color 
is a decided pink. Its close-grained surface 
marks it as a fine shipper and it is equally popu- 
lar as a canner. The calyx is large. Prolific as 
a producer of fruit, it also is prolific of runners, 
and as a pollenizer ranks among the first. This 
is the twenty-second year we have had Tennessee 
Prolific in our breeding beds, and the more we 
see of its performance the better are we satisfied 
of its unusual value, considered from the view- 
point of either the commercial grower or that of 
the family gardener. 
varieties that, in our judgment, will give them 
the best returns. The fact that these customers 
repeat this from year to year is pretty good evi- 
dence that they prefer to use our judgment rather 
than their own. Perhaps this plan will suit you; 
if it does, we shall be pleased to list you with 
these friends and will look after your interest in 
the best possible manner. And let us suggest 
that you send in your order early during the win- 
ter months, if possible, so that we may book your 
order and save the plants for you. Customers 
who have dealt with us for years always send in 
their orders early because they realize that the 
demand for the Kellogg strain of plants is far in 
excess of the supply, and by ordering early they 
are assured of getting plants of the varieties of 
their preference. If you will get your order in 
early we shall see that you are not disappointed 
in getting your share of these famous plants. 
CAREFUL as we have been to cover the details 
of strawberry growing in this book, we real- 
ize that in the nature of the case there are cer- 
tain to be some details omitted which may be of 
importance to you. It may be possible you have 
in your locality some local conditions which we 
