Kellogg Pedigree Plants are tied into uniform bunches of 25 plants, each bunch containing a label bearing the name of the variety. We never furnish less than 25 plants of any variety, nor can we furnish plants except in exact multiples of 25; that is,—25, 50, 75, 100 and so on. By adopting this uniform size, our counting and bunching department is able to develop the highest efficiency.
Resulting Superiority
A striking contrast which tells more forcibly than words the value of our intensive soil preparation, cultural and packing methods is shown by comparing the health, vigor and productiveness of Kellogg Pedigree Plants with that of common plants. Such comparison proves conclusively that Kellogg Pedigree Plants are far superior to the ordinary.
Their stored up vitality enables them to survive for a long period in transit. Like storage batteries they are charged with energy which gives them a running start in the right direction.
If you feel tempted to set ordinary plants because they may be purchased at a trifle lower price, stop and ask yourself which eventually will be the more desirable—a big crop of fancy delicious berries such as Kellogg Pedigree Plants produce, or a small inferior crop with the satisfaction (if it may be called such) that the plants were a trifle lower in price.
Look ahead to fruiting time when this question may become a reality and let your better judgment influence you in placing your order for plants.
OUR MISTAKES
To deny making mistakes is a frank acknowledgment of retrogression or a movement toward ultimate failure. Yes, we make mistakes occasionally but what’s more, we make them serve as stepping stones to successful achievement rather than permitting them to remain as stumbling blocks to retard our progress.
We were gratified at the following voluntary tribute expressed in our office one day last summer by a traveling salesman who, although having called on us many times, had not succeeded in securing our order. In the course of his conversation he remarked: “There’s one thing I like about you people and that is your perfect frankness and the fact that you are just as ready to admit your mistakes as to boast of your achievements.”
While we make as few mistakes as possible, we can truthfully say that they result eventually to the interest of our customers as practically all are made and discovered in our testing and experimental plots. Any new method, plan or variety which emerges therefrom virtually has undergone a test of fire and more than made good.