60 THE STRAWBERRY IN NORTH AMERICA 



Parker Earle, who worked on his plans for years, in spite 

 of skepticism and under the discouragement of many 

 failures. He is one of the 

 foremost of those whose skill 

 and patience have made pos- 

 sible the strawberry industry 

 of today. Parker Earle died 

 at Los Angeles, California, 

 February 12, 1917. 



EARLY HISTORY OF CERTAIN 

 OF THE OLDER STRAW- 

 BERRY DISTRICTS 



The main factors in the 

 FIG. 4. Parker Earle, who rise of commercial strawberry 



F win s havebeen considered 



in the foregoing paragraphs. 

 It now remains to trace in greater detail the origin and 

 growth of the industry in different parts of the United 

 States and Canada, since the introduction of the Wilson. 1 

 The districts are discussed somewhat in the order of 

 their development. 



New Jersey. The largest extension of strawberry plant- 

 ing immediately after the introduction of the Wilson was in 

 New Jersey and the Delaware-Maryland peninsula, to 

 supply the New York market. For many years Bergen 

 County, New Jersey, had been supplying the city with 

 Crimson Cone berries, grown under neglectful culture, ap- 

 proaching the wild fruit. Northern New Jersey was the 

 first section to feel the stimulus of the increasing demand. 



1 The present commercial importance of various strawberry 

 districts is given in the Appendix of "Strawberry-Growing." 



