GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 
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Gandy, B. (Male) 
LATE. Bisexual. Gandy is one of the old favor- 
ites. Although this is the twenty-sixth year we 
have had this remarkable variety in our breeding 
beds, its popularity, instead of waning, steadily 
has increased. Gandy grows a beautiful dark-red 
berry with a smooth shining surface, and glossy 
dark-red seeds. Its especial qualities are: that it 
is one of the latest of berries; that it gives its 
largest yields in heavy clay soil; that it is one of 
the best shippers ever originated;— three points 
of excellence which have made it a prime favorite 
in every state in the Union. Gandy makes a tall 
foliage of dark green, with a broad, leathery leaf; 
its fruit stems are long and strong, holding the 
berries up above the foliage where the sun can 
reach them and put on the finishing touches. 
They remain on the vines for several days after 
ripening without loss. Like Glen Mary, the Gan- 
dy is deficient in pollen and should be set with 
some other bisexual, such as Aroma, Pride of 
Michigan, Longfellow, Senator Dunlap or Dornan. 
Marshall, B. (Male) 
LATE. Bisexual. From Portland, Maine, to 
Portland, Oregon, come flattering reports of the 
performance of this great late variety; and this 
IS not surprising, for the Marshall is worthy of 
Aroma, B. (Male) 
LATE. Bisexual. The berries of this variety 
are very large and in color are bright red to the 
center. The flavor of the fruit is deliciously 
aromatic and very rich, and the flesh is smooth 
and solid. It is a very firm berry, and is by all 
odds the leading variety among the extensive 
growers of strawberries in the Southwest. Its 
appearance in the box is most attractive, the 
prominent yellow seeds heightening the effect of 
the bright red of the flesh. Its great productive- 
ness, firm texture and fine flavor have won for it 
the high place it occupies in the estimation of 
commercial growers. As a pollenizer for late pis- 
tillates it is unexcelled, and its picking season is 
unusually long, as the bloom begins to open me- 
dium early and continues until very late. Foliage 
is smooth, deep green, of spreading habit, and 
gives the sun a clear right of way to the crowns. 
Its leaves are long, broad and clean. This is the 
nineteenth year we have selected and bred this 
great variety. 
its universal popularity because of its extraordi- 
nary size, its delicious aromatic flavor, and its 
tremendous yields of fruit that never fail to com- 
mand the highest price on the market. It enjoys 
the distinction of having taken more premiums 
at the Boston shows than any other variety, and 
for the last three seasons has topped the market 
at Portland, Oregon. The color of the Marshall 
is blood red, which never fails to attract the eye 
of purchasers, and "once a buyer, always a buy- 
er is very true of this variety. The juice looks 
like syrup, and is almost as sweet as it looks. 
The foliage is extra-large and grows upright, 
with leaves almost as round as a dollar, wnich in 
color are about evenly divided between light 
green and dark green. This is the seventeenth 
year we have propagated this great late variety. 
The Commonwealth Strawberry 
TN addition to the late varieties as illustrated on this and sev- 
* eral preceding pa^es, we have a few of the famous Com- 
monwealth plants for distribution this season, but not in suf- 
ficient quantity to illustrate. In fact, we never illustrate a 
variety until we have fruited it in our own breeding beds. 
Commonwealth comes to us with a splendid record. It is a very 
late bisexual, extending the season until extra late, large and 
fine fruit having been gathered as late as July 17 from plants 
of this variety. Anyone desiring to grow the latest berries 
will find nothing better for the purpose, judged by the numer- 
ous reports received, than Commonwealth. For prices, see Hat. 
