













Lleg 7” 
Ever- 
Bearers 
Gem Everbearing 
Gem is a money-making everbearer. Its berries are solid, and carry 
well to market. They are well shaped, well colored and deliciously 
flavored. The plants are healthy, vigorous, drought resistant, pro- 
ductive. Does not require mating. Grow in narrow rows for best re- 
sults. Gem produces a fine crop of money-making berries in the fall— 
berries that will sell well at fancy prices—and then again in the 
spring. More and more, Gem is being planted for profit. 
25 for $2.10 | 100 for $5.10 | 300 for $11.10 500 for $15.00 
50 for 3.15 | 200 for 8.10 | 400 for 13.50 | 1000 for 25.00 














Mastodon 
Everbearing 
For years the leading everbear- 
ing Strawberry, and still the fa- 
vorite with many growers. Its 
berries are large, good looking, 
easily picked, finely flavored. Bi- 
sexual, does not require mating. 
Heavily productive, spring and 
fall. Starts fruiting in two. to 
three months. 
25 for $2.65 | 250 for $12.00 
50 for 3.95 500 for 18.75 
100 for 6.35 | 1000 for 35.00 
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[6] 
The KEY TO STRAWBERRY PROFITS 


Choosing Plants 
The quality of the plants you set deter- 
mines the quality and quantity of berries you 
will pick. Note the plant in heavy fruit 
above. No matter how good the soil was, no 
matter how well it was prepared, and no mat- 
ter how well this plant had been cared for 
after planting, it could not have produced 
such a heavy crop of berries had it not been 
a healthy, vigorous plant with inborn fruit- 
ing qualities in the beginning. 
Pure-bred, true-to-name plants selected 
- from mother plants of the highest fruiting 
powers are the foundation of a profitable 
berry crop, but plants which are taken 
from fruiting beds, or which have been prop- 
agated without any regard to selection and 
restriction soon will deteriorate and become 
unprofitable, if indeed they are not unprofit- 
able from the very beginning. 
Whether you grow Strawberries for home 
use or market it is to your profit to set plants 
which will respond readily to the intensive 
cultural methods described in this book. 
Kelloge’s thoroughbred Strawberry Plants 
are recognized throughout the world as the 
most productive and most profitable Straw- 
berry plants grown. They can be secured 
only from R. M. Kellogg Company, Three 
Rivers, Michigan. 
Soils 
Any soil that will produce vegetables or 
common farm crops also will produce Straw- 
berries providing it is well drained. However, 
old timothy sod should be avoided on ac- 
count of white grubs. 
The kind of soil you have is not so import- 
ant as what is put into the soil, the manner 
in which it is prepared, and the cultural 
methods followed. Soil is nothing more than 
the home where the plants live and it is the 
feeding and care which they receive that en- 
courages their growth and _ productiveness. 
Strawberries thrive in high and low altitudes 
and in all soils and climates, therefore, in- 
stead of seeking better soil, improve your 
own soil by following the instructions given 
in this book. 
Soil Preparation 
Whenever possible it is advisable to plow 
or spade your field or garden in the fall and 
the following spring re-plow. If it is impos- 
sible to plow in the fall, plow just as early in 
the spring as weather conditions will permit. 
