MODERN STRAWBERRY 
GROWING 
CHAPTER I 
SELECTION OF SITE 
In THE selection of a suitable site for a 
strawberry plantation there are a great 
many environmental factors to consider, the 
principal ones being climate, slope or expos- 
ure, drainage, kind of soil, and condition 
of the soil. Considering these factors in 
their order, and viewing the advantages and 
disadvantages, with the ideal in each, will 
give the prospective strawberry grower some 
idea of just how near to the best selection he 
is able to come, and may help in correcting 
and improving his choice of site. 
It is often stated that this or that variety 
is particularly adapted to the South, West, 
or North, in other words, that these varieties 
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