GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 
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KELLOGG'S PRIDE OF MICHIGAN. THREE-FIFTHS NATURAL SIZE 
JUST to give an idea of the size of berries produced by the Kellogg strain of Pride of Michigan, we show here three of these 
berries beside a spoon which measures just six inches, with banana lying on top. In order to get the engravings on this page 
it was necessary to reduce it to five and one-half inches which brought the berries down much smaller than natural size. For 
Pride of Michigan actual size, see Page 19. Without any question the Kellogg strain of Pride of Michigan produces the fan- 
ciest, largest and best flavored berries of all the late varieties. Besides this it is a wonderfully heavy fruiter and an excellent 
shipper. It succeeds almost everywhere it has been tested. We are receiving strong endorsements of this variety from all 
parts of the U. S. as well as all provinces of Canada. If you never have tried Pride of Michigan we want you to do so this year. 
selves and fill in heavily the spaces between 
the rows. In the South, where mulching is 
done for two purposes only— to retain mois- 
ture in the soil and keep the fruit clean, 
mulching need not be done until shortly be- 
fore the buds open. There the mulch should 
be placed along the rows close up to the 
plants, but do not cover them. 
Spring Treatment of the Mulch 
TOURING the winter in the North heavy 
rains and snows have soaked the mulch- 
ing to such a degree that it rests upon the 
vines as a mat so heavy and so dense as to 
render it impossible for the plants to grow 
up through it without some help, and there- 
fore, early in the spring, when vegetation is 
starting up, the mulching should be separated 
directly over each row. This will be done 
easily with the fork. Just make an opening 
through the mulching that lies upon the 
plants, and the plants will have no difficulty 
in coming through. This will leave the mulch- 
ing close up to the plant, thus making a clean 
floor for the berries to ripen upon. The 
moisture in the mulching will aid the plants, 
and the presence of the straw will discourage 
weed growth about them. It is important 
that the mulching be handled just right, both 
when it is applied and when it is removed. 
As to kind of materials for mulching, any 
straw will serve excellently; so will marsh 
hay, sown corn, sorghum pomace, or swamp 
grass. Our Atlantic Coast friends find the 
sea-weed a satisfactory mulching material. 
Picking, Packing and Marketing 
THE first thing that a "first-fiddle" grow- 
er does at picking time is to organize 
his work in such a way as to insure the 
harvesting of all his fruit. He will engage 
pickers upon whom he can rely; he will pay a 
price for picking that will insure steady ser- 
vice and cai-eful, painstaking work. This will 
result in such a grading of fruit that every 
box that is intended for "first" quality will 
in very truth be of that quality; and the 
"seconds" will not be worthless by a long 
shot. Every box will be inspected before 
shipping. He will pick only after the sun 
has dried off the dew of morning, and the 
fruit is dry and firm; never will he pick too 
soon after a rain. If possible, he will do his 
heaviest picking as late in the afternoon as 
conditions will permit. If the market is near 
his place, every berry will be ripe when 
picked; if his fruit must go to a somewhat 
distant market, it will be just sufficiently un- 
der-ripe to insure its reaching the market in 
ideal condition. 
Packing the Fruit 
'T'HERE is a packing house situated central- 
ly to his fields. It may be a temporary 
structure, made of boards. But it is roofed 
