GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 
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KELLOGG THOROUGHBREDS AT TWIN FALL& IDAHO 
THIS illustration shows a block of our strawberry plants growing: between young- apple trees on the ranch of D. S. Spencer, 
i general passenger agent of the Oregon Short LineRy. The gentleman to the right .s President Frank E. Beatty of the 
R M Kellogg Co , who spent several months in the summers of 1909 and 1910 in studymg the soil and chmatic conditions of the 
Inter-mountain and Pacific Coast states with a view to obtaining information at first hand as to best methods to follow to se- 
cure largest possible results in strawberry culture in those sections. He also has made two tours through the South as well as 
through the Eastern states with the same end in view, and has made a special study of irrigation as followed by the leading 
horticulturists of the West. It is through studies of this kind that this company is enabled to give practical advice to straw- 
berry growers in all parts of the country. And it isalways our pleasure toassist strawberry growers everywhere to win success. 
regarding strawberry plants, and they both 
referred me to you. Will you please send 
me desired information?" 
Nothing less than years of intelligent ef- 
fort expended in a sincere attempt to im- 
prove and advance the interests of the straw- 
berry world, and accompanied by business 
methods that are firmly founded upon the 
square deal, could have won for this company 
such a place as this letter reveals it to be our 
privilege to enjoy. It is our aim and untir- 
ing determination fully to merit the esteem 
in which we are held by those whose ac- 
quaintance with our work leads them to speak 
in such high terms concerning us. 
When to Set Out Plants 
FROM the beginning of its existence the 
R. M. Kellogg Co. has been opposed to 
fall setting of plants for the very good 
reason that plants set at that time of year, 
particularly north of the Ohio river, never 
attain their full fruiting powers, while the 
risk of complete failure is very great. One 
by one the best growers in the North have 
come to see the matter in this light, and we 
welcome such opinions as those to which are 
frequently given expression by the scientific 
men in the Agricultural Colleges whose ex- 
periments along so many lines are proving 
so important an aid to progressive agricul- 
ture in every direction. 
Prof. W. J. Green of the Ohio Station is 
very emphatic on this point. He says: "The 
spring is the only safe time to set strawberry 
plants. Rarely is the weather suitable in 
August or September, and if set late in 
autumn in the Northern states the plants do 
not get established before winter," This is 
Kellogg doctrine stated in excellent form. 
We welcome this unbiased endorsement of 
our position on- these two essential points 
from this eminent scientist. 
And from one of the best known seedsmen 
of the country comes the following: "Al- 
ways in August and September I get dozens 
of letters asking about fall setting of straw- 
berries and asking for advice as to how to 
go about it to get a good patch started at 
this time of the year. My answer to all of 
them is to let the strawberries alone till 
spring Fall setting may be all right in the 
South or East, but in the central part of the 
country I have never known of a successful 
case of fall setting for, even if part of the 
plants live, the patch is sure to be ragged 
