GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers, Mich, 
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Bederwood, B. (Male) 
MEDIUM EARLY. Bisexual. Bederwood is an- 
other of our old favorites that steadily grows 
in popularity. This is the twenty third year we 
have selected and tested this variety on our farm, 
and our confidence in it has grown with the years. 
Bederwood grows a medium-sized berry, delicate 
crimson in color, with a glossy surface in which 
are imbedded deep yellow seeds. The flesh of 
the berry is red and shades down to a rich cream 
near the center. Its delicious flavor and high 
color make it especially attractive with high-class 
trade, while as a table berry it stands unexcelled. 
To these qualities is added that of being an ex- 
cellent canner The calyx is small, lying close 
to the fruit and it is one of the daintiest in ap- 
pearance of any berry grown. As a producer it 
ranks very high. It is famous for its long bloom- 
ing season and its great strength as a fertilizer 
of pistillate varieties. 
years for my strawberry plants and always have 
found them O. K. I always say a good word for 
you." C. A. Leaper 
The Number of Plants Required 
A/f ANY of our friends write to ask how many 
^ plants are required to set their particular 
"patches", and our mathematician has worked 
out a simple formula by which anyone may cal- 
culate for himself the number of plants required, 
no matter what the size of the patch or the space 
allowed between the plants. The formula is as 
follows: 
To find the number of plants retiuired for a given area, di- 
vide the length of the plot by the distance between the plants 
in the row, and multiply this number by the witlth. divided by 
the distance between the rows For e.\ami>le' A plot of jfround 
r)() feet lonK by .10 feet wide, with plants set 2 feet apart in tlie 
row, and rows 3 feet apart will require 
(50 : 2)x (30 ^ 3) =250 plants. 
An ideal distance for the home garden, where 
all cultivation is done with the hoe, is rows 30 
inches apart and plants 24 inches apart in the 
row. This plan requires 13, 150 plants to an acre. 
The distance for plants set by the hill method 
where the patch is so large as to call for cultiva- 
tion with a horse, is 30x12. Under this system 
it requires 17,625 plants to an acre. 
As different growers prefer their own combi- 
nations in arranging fields, we give herewith 
Crescent, P. (Female) 
MEDIUM EARLY. Pistillate. It is just a quar- 
ter of a century since we began the propagation 
of the Crescent, and after twenty-five seasons' 
experience with this great pistillate variety, our 
admiration for it is more pronounced than ever 
before. In size the berries are medium and they 
are of a rather broad wedge-shape, tapering to 
an obtuse point. The flesh is close-grained and 
solid, making it an ideal shipper. (Crimson in 
color, the bright yellow seeds, shading up to 
brown on the darker side and standing out prom- 
inently, combine to create a beautiful effect. The 
flesh of the berry is a rich red around the edges 
shading down to a lighter color as it approaches 
the center. The fruit is very juicy and of a de- 
liciously tart flavor. As a canner it is among the 
most popular of all varieties, and as a market 
berry it has few superiors. Its extraordinary 
yield of fine fruit makes it especially popular 
among commercial growers. In every respect it 
is an ideal berry. 
various arrangements of space with the number 
of plants required for an acre when set by any 
one of them: 
Rows 30 
Rows 30 
Rows 34 
Rows 36 
Rows 36 
Rows 42 
Rows 42 
Rows 48 
Rows 48 
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8,700 
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6,150 
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7,275 
6,226 
7,475 
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4,400 
Thoroughbreds Support the Widow and Orphans. 
—A striking example of the strawberry as a 
means of support to the widowed mother comes 
to us just as we are closing up the forms for this 
book. J. A. Matty, No 27 Audubon Ave., New 
York City, under date of August 18, 1909, says: 
"Some four years ago I advised Mr. Gustave 
Engstrom of , N. J. , to purchase some of 
your plants; in fact, I ordered them for him and 
showed him how to plant them and propagate, 
using the single-hedge-row system. I left there 
shortly after that, and last February I was speak- 
ing to Mr. Gilbert of Philadelphia, Pa., who sold 
them their tract of five acres of scrub oak and 
pine and, to my deep regret, he told me that Mr. 
Engstrom was dead, but that the farm was paid 
for and Mrs. Engstrom was getting a good living 
from her strawben-y beds which had been in- 
