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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
THE R. M. KELLOGG COMPANY, OF THREE RIVERS, 
MICH. 
This company which has the distinction of being the 
largest exclusive strawberry plant growers in the world, will 
celebrate its twenty-fifth anniversary in 1910. 
When Mr. Russell M. Kellogg changed the location from 
Ionia, Mich., to Three Rivers, Mich., he purchased ninety 
acres of land, thinking that this area would for many years 
serve every requirement of the concern. Today the farm 
consists of more than 240 acres, and this year’s crop of 
plants represents fully 115 acres. The magnitude of the 
business is suggested by the fact that orders are filled each 
mate average of $8000 per annum. The farm is located, in 
part, within the city limits of Three Rivers, and is visited 
annually by hundreds of people who come from long dis¬ 
tances to study the methods employed. 
Correspondence 
TARIFF ON APPLE SEED 
Editor National Nurseryman: 
With reference to our note regarding the tariff on French 
Crab Seed which you published in the October number of 
The Breeding Bed on the R. M. Kellogg Strawberry Plant-Farm at Three Rivers, Mich. 
year for from twenty millions to twenty-five millions of 
strawberry plants. To spray the plants each season requires 
22,500 gallons of arsenate of lead and Bordeaux mixture. 
Two year Plums in Nursery rows. The Michigan Nursery Co.. Monroe, Mich. 
2000 tons of manure are applied each year to fertilize the 
farm; 350 tons of straw are purchased each season for 
mulching the plants; the postage bill reaches an approxi- 
the National Nurseryman, it appears that my statement 
was not quite clear, as I received the following letter from 
a correspondent. 
“In the October National Nurseryman we note you 
say that the duty of 10c per pound on seeds N. O. S. makes 
the duty on a bushel of apple seed amount to $2.00. Is 
this correct? Do you figure 20 pounds of apple seed to the 
bushel ? How many pounds per bushel ?” 
In order to make the matter perfectly clear, I suggest that 
you publish the following which is a reply to the above 
letter. 
“I think you did not read my statement carefully which 
appeared in the National Nurseryman, otherwise, you 
would have observed that I stated that ‘The new duty is 
roc per pound, making the increased duty over what was 
paid before amount to about $2.00 per bushel.’ In other 
words the duty heretofore, was in round figures about $2.00 
per bushel. The new duty will add $2.00 per bushel, mak¬ 
ing a total duty this year of $4.00 per bushel, as it is now 
ioc per pound and there are forty pounds to the bushel.” 
Very truly yours, 
Thomas Meehan & Sons, Inc., 
Thomas B. Meehan, Secy. 
