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GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 
Downing's Bride, P. (Female) 
MEDIUM TO LATE. Pistillate. This is one of 
the most beautiful berries grown, and to its 
beauty of form and color are added all of the 
other essential qualities of the strawberry. The 
berries are dark blood-red almost to the center, 
with just enough white at the heart to make a 
tempting contrast. Seeds are of gold and they 
shine as if polished. Few varieties excel this 
great pistillate in productiveness, the big shining 
berries lying in heaps all along the rows. The 
foliage grows tall and has a large dark-green 
leaf, which droops over and shades the fruit from 
the direct rays of the sun. The berries remain 
on the vines in good condition for several days 
after they are completely ripe, and they also re- 
tain their fresh appearance long after picking. 
Downing's Bride is productive also of an abund- 
ance of runners, and its universal quality has 
been tested by its success in all conditions of soil 
and climate. This is the ninth year we have had 
this variety in our breeding beds, and having 
tested it with great thoroughness, can recommend 
it without hesitation to our customers everywhere. 
mailed the 11th reached me on the 16th in fine condition; not a 
wilted leaf on them." Lizzie Loyd. 
Junction City, April 11, 1910. "The strawberry plants got 
here in good shape today, and most of them are set out now. 
They are dandy looking plants. ' ' Fred C. Byers. 
Pennsylvania 
Hanover, April 3. 1910. "Have received the strawberry 
plants. One may doubt their beauty as illustrated m your 
catalog cuts, but not after receiving such plants as the Pride 
of Michigan you have sent me." James S. Brady. 
Lehighton, May 2, 1910. "The strawberry plants reached 
us on April 26th. They were planted the same day, and they 
have made a good start already." C. A. Sensinger. 
Freedom, April 25, 1910. "Plants were received April 23rd 
in fine condition. We are very well pleased with them. 
Levi Musgrave. 
Clearfield, Feb. 3, 1910. "I got Senator Dunlap plants from 
two different growers in the past four years. There was as 
much difference between fruit from your plants and those 
bought from the other fellow as there is difference between a 
New York, B. (Male) 
MEDIUM TO LATE. Bisexual. New York is 
very large, both as to foliage and to fruit. Up to 
fruiting time it closely resembles in size and ap- 
Eearance both Pride of Michigan and Dornan, 
ut the fruit does not at all resemble that of 
either of the other varieties named. In shape the 
berry of New York varies from the top-shaped, 
with rather a long point, to the thick and broad 
form. In color the fruit is blood-red with shiny 
surface, and with seeds nearly of the same color, 
which are so deeply set as to be almost invisible. 
The meat is of smooth texture and the flavor is 
delicate and mild. It is strictly a fancy berry 
and one most attractive because of its appearance 
and its delicious flavor. It is very proline and has 
a long season of ripening; and is one of the most 
profitable varieties, either for shipping or for 
home trade. We have had New York under our 
methods of selection and restriction for eleven 
years, and recommend it without reservation. 
potato and an apple. Nothing but Kellogg plants for me 
hereafter." Harry J. Schucker. 
Weatherly, June 13, 1910. "In the spring of 1909 I got 300 
plants from you and the people who have seen my patch say 
I will get 300 quarts from my 30O plants. My Pride of Mich- 
igan has an especially fine crop of fruit. There is notanother 
bed of berries of the same size in town that can beat mine. 
The plants I got this spring also are very fine." 
J. H. Ritter. 
Oil City, April 28, 1910. "Plants came all O. K. and are all 
set out. They are the best plants I ever saw." 
J. A. Wilson. 
Espy, April 20, 1910. "The plants I ordered have arrived all 
right Let me say that those received from you last year are 
looking fine." W. W. Singer. 
Oakville, April 6, 1910. "The plants received in good shape. 
They have very nice crowns and good strong roots, and am 
well pleased with them." D. K. Sterbett. 
Washington, July 12, 1910. "My Pride of Michigan plants 
bought of you this spring are looking fine; they are a sight 
worth seeing. I never had stronger, healthier looking plants. 
The Dornans I bought of you two years ago grew good berries 
this spring, which is their second season. I saw no berries in 
the market their equal in size or flavor, and I sold my best 
