Harvesting Problems 



The size of strawberry varieties is important in terms of picking costs, ease 

 of sales, and sales prices. In several cases, varieties with large berries have 

 also been heavy yielders. Comparative data for 1950 are shown in Table 3. 

 Note that Great Bay shows up well in both size and yield even on unirri- 

 gated ground. 



Great Bay not only had a large percent of boxes classifying "large", 

 but there were remarkably few classifying as "small" size. The size divisions 

 are arbitrary. In this study "large" means 75 or fewer berries per quart, 

 "medium" stands for 76-125 per quart, and "small" is 125 per quart (see 

 Table 4) . 



Table 4. Percentage of Large, Medium, and Small Berries, and Boxes of Berries 



for Two Growers, 1950 Season 



*Irrigated patch. 



The size of strawberries of all varieties drops as the season advances. 

 But some varieties hold up better than others. (See Figures 3, 4, and 5 for 



Quarts per 1000 berries 

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30 



Figure 3. Size of strawberries marketed through the 1949 season. 

 Data from Grower 1. 



