The picker on test rows picked from 3.5 to 20 quarts per hour. At 5 

 cents per box his wage would have varied from S. 171/2 to Sl.OO per hour. Or 

 if he had been paid 60 cents per hour, the picking would have cost from 3 to 



Table 5. Cost of Picking Strawberries* 

 Three Growers (1950) 



* Based on picker No. 3 on test rows. 



fVariety is, of course, only one of many factors influencing yield. These com- 

 parisons were made on farms growing the varieties under similar conditions. But even 

 on the same farm other factors, such as virus in the stock, have accounted for im- 

 portant differences in yield. 



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 22 h 

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Size (quarts per 1000 berries) 



Yield in hundreds of quarts 

 per acre per picking 



Number of quarts 



picked per hour 



eoch picking 



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X 



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Figure 7. 



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 June - 1949 



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Size, yield, and picking rate for Great Bay strawberries 

 Data from Grower 1. 



1949. 



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