GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 
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Downing's Bride, P. (Female) 
MEDIUM TO LATE. Pistillate. The fruit of 
this variety is darlc blood red in color which ex- 
tends quite to the center, with only enough white 
at the very heart to malie an attractive contrast. 
The seeds are golden and shine as if burnished. 
This variety produces large quantities of most 
attractive fruit, and its beautiful appearance and 
delicious flavor make it universally popular. One 
of its noteworthy advantages is the fact that the 
berries remain on the vines in fine condition for 
many days after becoming fully ripe, and they 
also retain their freshness for a long time after 
picking. It is one of the universal favorites that 
make a fine record wherever grown. We have 
been working with this variety for eight years, 
and its performance each season serves to in- 
crease our confidence in it as a perfectly reliable 
variety in every respect. 
doing finely and are the best plants I ever saw. 
You may consider me a regular customer when 
I need plants." J. H. HYATT. 
Big Fork, Aug. 8, 1909. "The plants we got 
from you two years ago are the finest I ever saw, 
and I have other plants of yours set out the mid- 
dle of May last that will measure two feet across. 
My last year's plants grew berries that meas- 
ured 7,'4 inches around. I hope you will keep on 
raising the same kind of plants." 
B. T. Zachary. 
Nebrciska 
Danbury, May 5, 1909. "Have used your plants 
before this, and would not have others if offered 
at half the price." Mrs. W. J. Stilgeboner. 
Kearney, Nov. 9, 1908. "Last spring I ordered 
four hundred plants from you, and I never saw 
anything do better. Lost only four plants." 
E. H. MOREY. 
Florence, April 15, 1909. "We received the 
plants as ordered, and found them all in good 
Mark Hanna, P. (Female) 
MEDIUM TO LATE. Pistillate. Each suc- 
ceeding year serves only to add to our admira- 
tion for this extraordinary pistillate variety, and 
we are confident that every customer who will 
give Mark Hanna a fair trial will find that it 
comes as near their ideal as any variety ever 
originated. In color it is a beautiful bright red, 
and is made strikingly attractive by its sparkling 
yellow seeds and light-green calyx. Its flesh is 
scarlet, solid of texture and rich in flavor. The 
productive powers of this variety give it high 
place among the prize winners, and the size of 
the fruit is something quite exceptional. The 
foliage grows tall, drooping over each side of the 
row and spreading apart in the middle of the 
row; this allows the great quantities of berries 
free access to the sun's rays, and thus the 
berries are all colored up evenly. This is the 
seventh year we have carefully selected and re- 
stricted this great variety. 
shape. They were all in excellent condition, and 
I am especially pleased with the way you pack 
your plants. " J. A. Johansen. 
Nevada 
Carson City, Feb. 20. "Two years ago I sent 
for 350 of your Thoroughbred plants and set 
them out according to your instructions. Last 
season I was paid for the work I put on them as 
I had a fine crop of berries. I got 20 cents a 
box all through the season. One of our local 
Eapers published the following regarding the 
erries 1 grew from your plants: 'Will Nevada 
raise strawberries? Take a look at those great, 
luscious strawberries displayed in the window at 
the Walsh store and you will receive the answer. 
The berries are large, very large, three or four 
filling a pint measure; yet the fruit is juicy, 
sweet and highly delicious. The berries were 
raised by Ed. Muller at his home in the south- 
western part of the city. Mr. Muller has four 
