ed of the strawberry work of the U. S. obtained in other sections and it in- 4
Department of Agriculture, in cooper- dicates the reponse this variety
Bot ation with Mr. Charles Dearlng ofthe makes when the plants are not al-
o North Carolina Department of Agri- lowed to become overcrowded. This
em culture. As a result of this work a would seem to offer big possibilities
bulleti11 was published in 1934 which for the Bleakemore grower who wants
carries the title of "The Culture and to get the largest possible yield from
0 Handling of the Blakemore Straw- a small planting.
I ` berry" by the North Carolina Depa1·t- More recently, thinning work is
' ment of Agriculture, Raleigh, North being done by the use of spike tooth
Carolina. This bulletin points out harrows and hay rakes and it is
ast- many interesting facts about the thought that a workable system can
>w- Blakemore variety, and can be studied be worked out in the near future.
ery with profit by those growing this The yellows problem is being
or variety. solved by the use of yellows·free
ear- It was pointed out that tho ohio; plants and many growers are find-
ity, mason tho Blakemore pyoduood so ing it profitable to divide their acre-
to many sumu Dunes was because it age between the AromaandtheBlake—
i\‘?ll formed so many plants which resulted more-
UK in an over ciouded condition. These OBSERVATIONS ON THE
over Cl0\\d€d plants weie weak and
lily produced poor yields of small berries CATSKILL STRAWBERRY
of This was the general condition where Catskill, a new berry, which has ·
ard plants were allowed to develop in the been giving unusually high yields in
lbit usual matted row system. It was also first year tests at the Kentucky Ex-
; it found that when the number of run- periment Station, Lexington, has
tain ner plants was restricted that the caused considerable interest among
ntly yield and size of the berries were growers.
the increased tremendously. In one test A planting of several acres of this
d it the matted row berries produced 97 variety was made last spring in the
own crates per acre while the rows that Paducah section. The plants made
t is had been thinned and on which the a fine start in the early season but
and. late runners had been prevented from when the late summer drouth set in, A
Lion- rooting produced 208 crates per practically all of the plants, old and _
re· acre. The size of the berries from the young, died, This variety came '
asee. thinned row was larger than those through the drouth iii that section
uern from the matted row; as there were in ntuqh worse shape than the Aroma
y in only 116 berries per quart on the gy Blgkguigrg g
thinned area while in the matted row This iiioideot points out the impor- l
wing ¢¤'€¤ it wok 180 to fm il (luaii €¤D· tance of extensive trials before large
piety The thick matted rows produced both ooyoogo of new yo]-ioties are set in a
S of smaller yields and smaller berries distyiog V
Lame than the spaced rows, and on a basis It is i·epoi·toti, however, that this
uio of mi11`k€i g1`11d€S it WHS figl11`€d Ulm variety is doing well in the Coving- I _·
doit- the spaced rows produced fruitvalued top aud Louisville areas. It might {
l·iOtg' at $332.00 per acre more than the work out that this variety is bett€I‘ ` ·
ggiiig fruit DI`OdUC€(l by U18 l1Iltlll11l1C(l TOWS. guitgd (0 ugrlliern Kentucky C011- ,
mary This diff€l'€¤€9 in wml ¥1€1`€ l11C0H1€·> ditions than to southern and western  
iased would m€mY times DHY f01‘ U16 GXUH Kentucky conditions. Small trials  
num- labor which was needed to thin and of this variety over the state are .g
out SDRCG U18 Dl11HlS U11`0“gh W9 S€11S011· being watched with interest. ] N
udied This increase in yield from thinning It is also pointed out again that   ·
large Blakemore plants has also been varieties weli adapted to central = ·
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