Strawberry Culture: Western United States Page: 1
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STRAWBERRY CULTURE: WESTERN UNITED
STATES
By GEORGE M. DARROW, senior pomologist, and GEORGE F. WALDO, associate
pomologist, Division of Fruit and Vegetable Crops and Diseases, Bureau of
Plant IndustryContents
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Region to which this bulletin applies _._.. 1
Choosing the site for a plantation .-__------ 2
Preparing the soil------------------------- 3
Two-year preparation__------------------- 3
Preparation for irrigation___---------------- 4
Varieties _--------------------------------
Obtaining plants -------------------------- 7
Time of planting.--------- _ _-- - - - 7
Planting and training systems__--------------- 8
Number of plants per acre------------------ 10
Care of plants before setting _ ----------------- 10
Setting the plants------------_ ------------12
Care after setting-_ 14
Flower stems and runners ...........--------------- 14
Tillage. ------------------------------15Maintaining soil fertility_ _
Irrigation ------------ ------- ------- --
The strawberry as an intercrop____ _. ---
Duration of a plantation_ __-----.......... -
Renewing a plantation_.-------_--- ..------ .
Removing tops and old leaves-........__
Thinning the plants -__ _------- .
Harvesting and shipping_ - - -
Diseases-....
Insects_ __ _
Utilization- - -_ _ _---
Cold storage _ .....- ......... .........
Frozen pack .... _ _. - .--REGION TO WHICH THIS BULLETIN APPLIES
THE PRACTICES discussed in this bulletin apply to that part
of the United States west of the one-hundredth meridian, as
shown in figure 1. In most of this region strawberries must be grown
largely under irrigation to make their production reasonably sure.
In addition there is included a comparatively small though relatively
important area in the western part of Washington and Oregon and
in northwestern California where the rainfall is sufficient to raise
strawberries without irrigation.FIGURE 1.-Outline map of the United States, showing the important strawberry-
producing areas with approximate shipping seasons. The region to which this
bulletin applies is west of the heavy line from North Dakota through Texas.
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Darrow, George M. (George McMillan), 1889- & Waldo, George F. (George Fordyce), b. 1898. Strawberry Culture: Western United States, pamphlet, 1941; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc96609/m1/3/: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.