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GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
R. M. Kellogg Co. Three Rivers, Mich. 
Splendid, B. (Male) 
EARLY TO LATE. Bisexual. The name fitly 
characterizes the quality of this variety, for it is 
in truth a splendid strawberry in every respect. 
The berry is large, almost round, and of bright- 
red color. Its seeds are so nearly of the same 
color as the berry as to be scarcely visible, and it 
is impossible even to suggest the attractiveness 
of this fine fruit when properly packed and dis- 
played in the market. The berry is meaty and 
smooth, and of a melting texture, the interior 
colors being very marked; around the edges, they 
are of bright red, and this extends about one-third 
of the way through the berry. From this point 
to the center the meat is a creamy white. The 
calyx of the Splendid is small, bright green, ex- 
tending Wfcll over the top of the berry. The fo- 
liage \i a spreading habit, a dark glossy green, 
having a rather long Isaf with polished surface. 
For mating pistillates, Splendid is famous, as the 
flowering season is \ov%, and every flower is full 
of strong pollen. This the twelfth year we 
have bred this variety. In Idaho Splendid is recog- 
nized as a very profitable variety for that section. 
Lady Thompson, B. (Male) 
EARLY TO LATE. Bisexual. This variety has 
won special popularity in the South, to the condi- 
tions of which section it has proved itself to be 
particularly adapted. It is no less popular in the 
North, where it is grown very extensively. This 
is the tenth year we have bi-ed this variety, and 
we can with greater certainty than ever advise 
our patrons to include this variety in their lists. 
Lady Thompson grows a bright-red, top-shaped 
berry of medium-large size, the lower end being 
somewhat obtuse. The seeds are red and not 
very smooth, and give to the fruit a glossy effect. 
The fruit is meaty and solid, rich pink in color 
and exceedingly fine in flavor. It has a double 
calyx, which opens closely over the berry; foliage 
is extra tall, growing upright and has a long, 
light-green leaf. The fruit stems also stand 
erect and hold the berries well up from the ground. 
Lady Thompson is a deep rooter and keeps grow- 
ing throughout drouths of extreme severity. Run- 
ners are long and abundant. One of the best 
tests of its success is the fact that each year brings 
us increasingly large orders for this variety. 
THIS is a portrait of Helen Davis in 
whose honor our new variety of 
strawberries is named. One would 
have to go far to find a sweeter 
face than this, and it gives us 
pleasure to be able to say that 
the sweetness of her face is 
only typical of the wonderful 
berry that is graced by her 
name. We regret that a de- 
lay in receiving the photo- 
graph made it impossible to 
include the portrait with oth- 
er matter concerning the 
Helen Davis strawberry (see 
pp. 38 and 39 of this book), 
but such a picture of childish 
innocence and sweetness is 
beautiful anywhere, and though 
it is far back in the book it none 
the less is gratifying to be able 
to present it here. It was the ex 
treme beauty and high quality of the 
berry that Mr. Davis has originated 
that led him to name it after his little 
daughter, and our patrons who give 
that variety a generous trial will 
be interested to know that it was 
his own experience in a series of 
years of thorough testing of 
Helen Davis that finally led 
him to confer upon it the dig- 
nity of the title it bears. Mr. 
Davis is a veteran strawber- 
ry grower, and his experi- 
ences are valuable to others 
as a guide. He unqualifiedly 
places this great bisexual in 
the front rank, declaring that 
it matures a larger crop of 
perfectly formed berries than 
any other male varieties he 
ever has seen. Not only that, 
he says that in seasons of ex- 
tremely injurious weather condi- 
tions, and when other growers all 
about him lost their crops, Helen Davis 
yielded large quantities of fine fruit. 
