STRAWBERRY-GROWING 



CHAPTER I 



LOCATIONS, SITES AND SOILS 



Commercial strawberry-growing in North America 

 may be said to have begun with the introduction of the 

 Wilson, in 1854. At that time there were less than 1500 

 acres under commercial culture, and the annual produc- 

 tion was about 40,000 bushels. Now there are over 

 150,000 acres, and the output is more than 8,000,000 

 bushels annually. Within these sixty years the market 

 wagon and the sailing sloop have been displaced by the 

 refrigerator express. House to house peddling has been 

 succeeded by the cooperative selling organization. The 

 strawberry season has been extended from five weeks to 

 twelve months. The number of varieties has increased 

 from 80 to 1800. It is a remarkable history. The rise 

 of no other fruit has been as rapid, and none gives 

 more promise for the future. 



LOCATIONS 



The man who has determined to enter the business of 

 growing strawberries for market has several matters to 

 consider before he will be in a position to select a suitable 

 location for the enterprise. Among these are strawberry 

 districts, the type of market, transportation facilities, the 

 type of farming and labor. 



