I STRAWBERRY MARKETING IN KENTUCKY - I%O
BY WILLARD H. MINTON
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
. Twelve local assembly markets served Kentucky strawberry farmers in 1960.
These markets were:
I (1) Cincinnati Produce Growers' Association, Cincinnati, Ohio
_ (2) Fern Creek Strawberry Growers, Fern Creek, Ky.
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(3) Greenup Cotmty Strawberry Growers, Greenup, Ky.
I ` (4) Hunt's Strawberry Market, Franklin, Ky.
(5) Independent Strawberry Growers' Association, Bowling Green, Ky.
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I` (6) Johnson County Strawberry Growers, Paintsville, Ky.
I (7) Kentucky Mountain Growers' Cooperative Association, Morehead, Ky.
(8) Logan County Fruit and Vegetable Market, Russellville, Ky.
(9) McCracken County Strawberry Growers' Association, Paducah, Ky.
(10) Oakland Strawberry Growers' Association, Oakland, Ky.
(11) Queen City Sales, Somerset, Ky.
(12) Trimble County Growers' Association, Bedford, Ky.
_ Seven of these assembly markets dealt in fresh market strawberries only.
Four serviced both the fresh and process strawberry markets, while one reported
sales exclusively to processors. (See map showing location and type of berry
marketed. ) Although most of these local markets have served Kentucky strawberry
· growers for a number of years, one has served as an organized market for only two
years. However, three local assembly markets that operated in 1959 did not operate
in 1960.
I PROGRESS REPORT 98
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UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY I
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
Lexington