First Berry Patented 
How and From Whence It Came 
B. W. Keith 
"BERT'' 
grocerymen hi 
Slate 
Experiment Station says about 
(Letter In next column to loft.) 
-—^ 
Kanner Kina. 
JAMS 
quarters for Keiths Knnnei 
Plants. They are grown no 
place for distribution or 
resales. All growers are 
permitted to grow Knnuer 
King plants for fruit pro¬ 
duction and their own 
planting only. 
Protected by IT. S. Pntcnt 
All Kanner King plants arc 
sold under U. S. Plant Patent 
No. 26 and arc not to be re¬ 
sold nor grown for reselling. 
(Prices page 21.) 
KEITH BROTHERS 
N U RSERY SAwr£R M/ch/gan 
STRAWBERRY 
HEADQUARTERS 
PRESERVES 
CANNED 
King 
Keith _ 
Kanner King 
7 The bent strawberry I _ 
gardens tor there Is none better for 
canning, preserves. Jellies or Jam. 
canning, preserves, jellies or jam. —-- . ____ 
Keith s Kanner King The Coming Commercial Strawberry 
Two Years of Severest Testing 
ev 0 e r rv f0 ( ’ict yii f 8 Kelth ’ 8 "Kanner King" has stood 
fn wlL L° f f seve , re handling—standing in crates 
8Un for days, In warm rooms, hauled for 
EJ 1 . 1 *®, ru .® ks - frequent handling, and still it re¬ 
tained Its attractive bright red color and firmness. 
Jl.vL e . r s ,° * nuc , h hrmer than the Premier, cans 
better, stands up better In hauling, and Is n better 
Derry for all domestic and general market purposes. 
“Kanner King”—A Keith's Standard 
It 18 * h . e pollcy of the Keith Bros. Nursery to 
?*ve their customers only the very best. That was 
Kvorh«f°i n thal , " ? got behind our Super-Mastodon 
Everbearing plants as we did, and now we're 
« M. n, \ ei L Kln , e ' a variety of our own efforts, 
a \ariety that has been wished for by commercial 
growers since the old Warfield was discarded. 
Start With “Kanner King” This Spring 
"Kanner King" Is being offered by Keith Bros 
this spring for the fourth year. They hold tli 
piminS* 1 ) l ? s . e11 this supreme berry, a berry that 
SMMr a . C n° r i M v ha i Ve lon e looked for. Being the 
K^„i n ,K t0rs ' ? nd , having a patent protection they 
and e to h n n « t , USIVe rl kht to sell this supreme berry 
and to pass the same right on to those who wish It 
the r o f r°i^n i Wl , 11 pay you bi & to purchase some of 
2 In w M i P ' an c ° f " Kann « r King" and 
eet in While there Is a chance to make big money. 
Wherein Keith’s Kanner King Excels 
“Kanner King" berries are much like a Senator 
Dunlap In shape, but have a more attractive red 
color and vlll roach market, la better condition 
They are average to large in size, uniform in shape, 
and very firm, standing more rough handling than 
any variety we have ever handled. They are a 
solid red all over and all through.— red to the very 
heart. Government authorities, and heads of can¬ 
ning factories find them a berry long sought for 
They fill the bill In every way as a^cannfng and 
general purpose berry. 
spring for the fourth year. They hold the exclu- general purpose berry. 1 
Here Are Some of the Outstanding Points of Keith’s “Kanner King’ 
1 * l ™ t ?J mrdy ' thrUty * rower »> practically free from g Berries ore even stawberry red clear through. 
Plants luirdy, thrifty grow 
discuses. 
Never falls to make a good 
plants, even In the drl 
19.10 and 1011 
and dry 
a long period from 1111-1110111 i-nxi 
ime. mien the plants nro still blossoming 
end of the fruiting season. \\ r have never Known 
another spring vnrlcty to do this. 
Berries extra firm und solid, withstanding liaullng 
nnd rough bundling when others won't. 
Berries solid bright, glossy red, und red nil over 
ut the same time. 
g Berries ti 
7 '' old **'«ir nttmotive glossy red color, shape 
picked for davs < H4 brs. at least) after being 
8 .Vil'mlT Vu n t for cunning, preserves. Jellies 
‘Ml V* o Uk f- they always hold their shape and deep 
rl< h red color during these processes. 
9 'r.pccfcct.-wiu fertilize themselves. 
tin rerore cun he planted alone In large acres and 
hear their heavy crop of berries. 
10 <ir, !' VK ' Ibrives, nnd produces well anywhere other 
■'■''spring strawberries cun be grown. ' Pr 
BREAKS RECORD YIELDS 
BUY NOW 
SAVE 30% OR MORE 
Now is the time to buy your 
Kanner King plants. They were 
never so low before, and prob¬ 
ably never will be as low again. 
Most things have gone up in 
price. Kanner King prices liavo 
dropped. Buy now. 
unikano ntOOl 
During striiwberry-tlnie In the spring of 
rate of 11.280 quarts per acre per day ' 
hut lust spring (1034) was much won,..- ..1 every W i 
duced at the rate of 1,410 quarts per acre per day 
remarkable producer we have ever fruited. 
BEST FOR HOME USES 
Kanner King is n two-purpose variety, (1) line for canning. Jellies lams e 
and (2) can t be heat f..r fresh table berries (shortcakes, etc.) Vo“hI , 
nwY.r; "" "; r S ood etc., or for fresh table berries one or 1 
olh. r, hut not both. Not so with Kellh's Kanner King, tliov answer Ik 
S n r purposis. eref0r,! ' J ° U " et ‘ d ° ,lly Knni "' r K1, ' b ,0 have lbe best berries : 
llendqunrter.s for Knnncr Kl 
, Keith Brc-' v..—...... ... .. 
‘'“'"'V 1 King yielded at the 
thought that a very drv season 
. r y way, yet Kanner King pro¬ 
picking. It's the most 
The "Strawberry Twlni 
Super-Mastodon everbear- 
‘ie- plants, NOW they boro a. now 
supremo canning berry for you. 
Here you meet the "Strawberry Twins." the 
two strawberry specialists who have 
brought about this new. outstanding va¬ 
riety of strawberries, Keith "Kanner King." 
For many years they have sought a "perfect 
canning strawberry,”—one that was highly 
flavored, red throughout, and one that 
would keep Its firmness and unusually 
bright red color after handling and canning. 
In order to develop a new strawberry va¬ 
riety for a special purpose, there must be 
brought out certain characteristics that 
favor that purpose and to get these char¬ 
acters all outstanding In one variety. Is 
almost an endless task. One simple little 
defect may spoil the whole combination so 
one must work on and on until his aim 
Is realized. Cattle breeders know what to 
do to develop champion milk producers, 
chicken men know how to develop a high- 
laying strain of White Leghorns,—well, 
these two strawberry specialists, with years 
of practical experience nnd five years of 
scientific college training back of them, 
know what to do to develop the "perfect 
canning strawberry” and thev did It,—re¬ 
sulting in their "Kanner King." 
Starting with over 6.000 tiny baby seedling straw¬ 
berry plants of known parentage, for live years 
they kept a constant close watch and lntcnsivo 
records of their experimental beds and out of 
these thousands of baby seedling plants there 
developed that "perfect canning berry” they 
sought and now otter to s'he public this season 
for the first time. 
Here's a new variety of strawberry originated by 
the two Keith Brothers, two Strawberry Specialists, 
and offered for sale exclusively by them for the first 
time this spring. 
Five Years of Untiring Efforts 
It is the outcome of five years of most constant 
observation, selection and experimenting with over 
5.000 individual seedlings of strawberries. For five 
years close watch and records were taken dally all 
during the growing season, and It was in experi¬ 
mental block No. 34 that this supreme canning 
berry was found. All during the course of these five 
years, this variety went by No. 34. but owing to its 
most excellent canning, preserving, jam and jelly¬ 
making qualities, it was given its present name 
"Kanner King.” 
Patent No. 2 ^} 
84 Hours and Still Going Good 
After its worthy characteristics were discovered, it 
mfrfdnJ?* th j°l‘i? h ,- t , he niost severe tests of hauling, 
handling and the like, to test its firmness and lasting 
glossy red color. For instance, a number of quarts 
of Kanner King" were picked on a Thursday after- 
M° 0 „ n , in . wa ;m June, kept over night In a basement, 
placed In the back of a car the next afternoon and 
S ty a m M u to the Michigan State Experiment 
at Soat J> Haven, Mich. There they were kept 
in an office building until Saturday morning, when 
they were supposed to have been canned by a can- 
f 1 ,Ins' jmnmnny. There was no canning being done on 
that Saturday consequently these "Kanner King" berries 
were placed In storage and not canned until Mondav 
S4 hours after being picked from the vines, and 
there were less than one berry per every two quarts not 
£ ™ b,e .'.. In 0, h®r words, after being off the vines for 84 
handling, nearly every berry 
Berrios like 
perfect condition for canning! 
what canners, commission merchants, 
wanting for a long time. ~ 
What Michigan State Expert Says 
Mlrhlgan State Experiment Station. 
South Huron, MJclilgan. 
Voty truly yours, 
Stanley Jolmaton, 
Superintendent (Mich. Suto ExpL Station). 
umniiiumium 
Kanner Kino 
preserves 
Kanner King 
canned berries 
