(For photo-engraving see Page 29)]
[Illustration: THE OPEN DOOR OF OPPORTUNITY
“_This Kellogg Strawberry Garden produced more berries than we could
possibly use. It has shown me ‘the open door of opportunity’ and I now
want to order about 3,000 Kellogg Pedigree Plants. I am especially
interested in Kellogg Everbearers. Please send me your latest price
list._”
(Extract from a letter received from Mrs. Pearl Hays of Louisiana, shown
above in her Kellogg Strawberry Garden.)]
We are listing Gibson this season for the first time in response to an
increasing demand for plants of this variety.
Although considered by some to be identical with Parson’s Beauty and
Pocomoke and resembling these varieties in some characteristics, we
consider it superior to both.
Gibson is a strong mid-season bi-sexual,--an ideal pollenizer.
Its plants grow strong and vigorous and root heavily. The foliage is
glossy, dark-green, tough and heavy in texture and remarkably resistant
to drouth, insects and disease.
Gibson is wonderfully productive of large, firm, round-conic berries
which are uniform in size and shape and beautiful dark crimson from
surface to center. They are of mild, delicious flavor; ideal for
immediate table use, also excellent for canning or shipping as they
retain their beautiful color, form and natural flavor when canned for
winter or shipped to distant markets. The berries hold up in size right
through the season, practically every berry reaching maturity and
ripening evenly.
Gibson is grown almost exclusively as a market berry in some sections
and is rapidly increasing in popularity because it “Makes Good
Everywhere.” For prices of Gibson plants see Page 66, column 2.
[Illustration: Kellogg’s BIG WONDER
_A Wonderful Strawberry_