GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
R. M. Kellogg Co.. Three Rivers, Mich. 
Parsons' Beauty, B. (Male) 
MEDIUM. Bisexual. One of the great yielders 
of an exceptionally fine quality of fruit. The 
berries are bright red and are of mild and de- 
licious flavor, which is retained after cooking. 
These qualities have made Parsons' Beauty very 
popular both in the home and among commercial 
strawberry growers everywhere. Attractive in 
appearance, it holds the good opinion of the con- 
sumer after it has been tested upon the table. 
One feature of its appearance is most attractive, 
and that is the prominence with which the seeds 
stand out upon the bright-red surface of the fruit. 
It grows with high success in all soils and climates, 
and the record it has made in the eight years it 
has been upon our farms leads us to recommend 
it to all commercial growers, as well as for the 
family garden. The calyx is very heavy and 
bushy. The foliage is upright and has a long, 
dark-green, leathery leaf. Parsons' Beauty is 
exceptionally strong as a poUenizer. 
lived. They had ripe berries from March until 
August." Mrs. Lucy Hughes. 
Maryland 
Glen Burnie, April 17, 1909. "The five hun- 
dred Pride of Michigan arrived O. K. today." 
Adam Wengert. 
Hagerstown, Jan. 16, 1909. "I received your 
1909 'Great Crops of Strawberries,' with which 
I am very much pleased as it gives me just the 
information I need. I thank you for sending it. 
Last spring I made my first venture with straw- 
berries, and have followed your instructions with 
excellent results so far. People who visited 
my plants tell me they are the finest plants they 
ever have seen." Harry S. Clopper. 
Massachusetts 
North Adams, May 7, 1909. "I was very much 
pleased with the plants; they had plenty of roots, 
I have set them out in excellent soil and will try 
Klondike, B. (Male) 
MEDIUM. Bisexual. Gi'owers of this variety 
are always enthusiastic about it and declare it is 
well named, as it has proved a veritable gold 
mine in the case of so many of them. Uniform 
in shape, of a beautiful rich blood-red color which 
extends from center to circumference, this 
variety presents such an appearance when put 
upon the market as to win instant admiration 
and sale. In flavor it is neither sweet nor sour, 
but is deliciously mild and unlike any other 
variety with which we are familiar; and it is 
exceedingly rich in juice. Foliage is light green, 
tall and compact, with medium-sized leaves. 
The calyx is small and curls back toward the 
stem. Runners form abundantly and plants 
grow large and develop an unusual number of 
crowns. The yields of this variety are some- 
thing wonderful. This is the eighth year we 
have propagated Klondike, and our confidence in 
it has become so great that we heartily advise 
every customer to take an abundant number of 
the Klondike plants. 
and give them good attention as I know it de- 
pends on me now how they do." 
Chas. H. Bodine. 
Norfolk, Mass. "In the spring of 1907 I pur- 
chased 500 New York strawberry plants from 
you. They were fine plants and grew nicely. I 
cultivated them in hills and they were the ad- 
miration of all who saw them. I picked and sold 
400 quarts besides what we ate on the table and 
canned, which was not less than 100 quarts more. 
I thought the cuts in your catalog a little exag- 
ferated, but you will have to enlarge the New 
ork cut, for I beat it considerably. All who 
saw them said they never saw such berries be- 
fore. They were great. " W. R MILLER. 
Michigan 
Union City, Dec. 30, 1908. "The 2000 plants 
I bought of you last spring I am very much 
pleased with and I shall want some more the 
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