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Hood River Strawberry, Etc. 



Continued from page 16. 

 work. Consequently from the meager 

 data at hand we do not feel justified in 

 forming definite conclusions along this 

 line. In one test with plants bearing 

 their first crop it was found that yields 

 were consistently increased by applica- 

 tions of barnyard manure. The plants 

 were quite vigorous, having been set on 

 clover sod recently turned under. In 

 another test, evidence tends to support 

 fall applications as compared with 

 spring applications. The evidence in 

 this respect was not consistent in al) 

 cases, however. 



The question has been raised regard- 

 ing the probable number of years, bar- 

 ring insects and diseases, during which 

 a patch may be expected to bear profit- 

 able crops. I wish to present at this 

 time some evidence furnished us by a 

 grower who produced his berries be- 

 tween tree rows, as is the custom in 

 the valley. The patch covers six acres, 

 approximately, but since a wide strip 

 has been left on each side of the tree 

 row the actual acreage in berries is 

 much less than this. These plants have 

 borne six crops. They were set on new 

 ground (Red Shot) which had just 

 been cleared. The use of clover or 

 other leguminous crop as green manure 

 was not made, nor was any commercial 

 fertilizer employed until after the third 

 crop when blood meal was used. In 

 the late summer of 1916 a 100-pound 

 application per acre of nitrate was 

 broadcasted when topping was com- 

 pleted. The owner was so impressed 

 with results that he made a similar 

 application during the summer of 1917, 

 hoping thereby to get one more, the 

 sixth, crop. The yields are reported as 



follows: 



Pounds 



Packed field pick 



crates for cannery 



First crop 515 



Second crop 637 3043 



Third crop 465 1512 



Fourth crop 601 7056 



Fifth crop 667 5557 



Sixth crop (estimated) .... 350 .... 



As will be seen, the largest crop se- 

 cured was the fifth one, following an 

 application of nitrate the previous sum- 

 mer. Yields for the last year are esti- 

 mated. A few more than 300 crates 

 were packed out when, owing to the 

 shortage of labor, picking was discon- 

 tinued with many berries yet to be 

 picked. 



These yields not only throw light 

 upon the subject of the length of life 

 of the strawberry during which it may 

 produce commercially, but upon the 

 practical value of using clover as a 

 green manure before plants are set. 

 They do not compare favorably with 

 those yields recorded in the chart 

 shown here. However, that it paid the 

 owner to take a sixth crop before plow- 

 ing up the patch is found in the fact 

 that, owing to good prices, he realized 

 over .?.")00 therefrom. In this patch we 

 conducted some experiments in 1918 

 which show some very encouraging 

 evidence to support summer :ii)plica- 

 tions as compared with those put on in 

 early spring. 



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