24 Strawberry-Growing 



Much of the planting in this region is during February 

 and March and these plants do not bear a full crop until 

 a year later. Along the Gulf coast of Texas strawberries 

 are set from October to December. These yield a good 

 crop the next spring and are then plowed under. 



Arkansas is on the dividing line between spring plant- 

 ing and fall planting. At Judsonia, fall planting is satis- 

 factory on the lighter soils but the crop harvested the 

 following spring is insignificant; the chief advantage is 

 in the earlier start. Most of the planting in this district 

 is in early spring; that is, in February. In the Ozark 

 region the most favored season is from the middle to 

 the last of March; this is two weeks earlier than in 

 northern Missouri. Practically all of the planting in 

 Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio and other parts of the Mis- 

 sissippi Valley is in early spring, from February in south- 

 eastern Tennessee to early May in northern Wisconsin. 



The planting season in California is remarkably flexible, 

 since irrigation gives the grower independence of rain-fall 

 and the climate is very equable throughout the year. 

 Near Los Angeles, plants commonly are set from August 

 to November, so as to be well rooted before the season of 

 cool nights. These bear a full crop the following April 

 and fruit more or less continuously until October. In the 

 Watsonville and Florin districts, near San Francisco, 

 most of the planting is in October. These plants begin 

 to bear the following March and fruit continuously until 

 October or December, according to the season. A crop 

 of strawberries may be produced in California at any 

 time of the year by manipulating three factors — the 

 time of planting, irrigation and runner cutting. Fall 

 planting, from August to October, is preferred in the coast 

 region of Oregon, Washington and British Columbia, 



