BULLETIN NO. 246
'€°“’” The Marketing of Kentucky Strawberries
By O. B. JESNESS and D. G. CARD ` " .
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NY The growing of strawberries on a commercial scale is a I
comparatively recent development in Kentucky. Since its start j
Egg four-teen or fifteen years ago, however, it has had a rapid growth.
According to the United States Census there were 3,112 acres of
strawberries in Kentucky in 1919, while ten years before there _
rkets were 1,553 acres. \Vhile the acreage of strawberries in Kentucky ‘
§ I in 1919 was 100% larger than the 1909 acreage, the 1919 acre-
wm age for the entire United States was about 16% less than the
1909 acreage. The accompanying map (Fig. 1) indicates where
the inditstry has been developt in Kentucky.
mogist i MARKETING ORGANIZATIONS
The strawberry growers in Kentucky haye established
cooperative marketing associations for the sale of their berries
Wherever strawberry growing has been developt on a commercial
scale for the shipment of berries to distant markets. The industry
at first centered around Bowling Green, and the first organization  
KTORY formed was the \Varren County Strawberry Growers’ Assoeia- I
tion, wlnch has been in operation since 1908. As other localities _
iologist I13.V€ taken up strawberry growing they have established similar
L associations.
There were eleven cooperative marketing associations in
< Wcsterii Kentucky engaged in the marketing of strawberries in