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BULLETIN 1189, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Klondike begins to ripen, growers usually stop picking the Excelsior, even 

 though its season is not over, since its berries are so much smaller than those 

 of the Klondike. The berries are globose, small except under very favorable 

 conditions, dark-red color, and quite acid. Its foliage is subject to attacks of 

 leaf-spot. It will probably be supplanted for local markets by the Howard 

 17. which ripens at about the same season, but holds up in size longer and 

 is far more productive in places where it has been tested. 

 Gandy. 



The Gandy is the standard late variety for much of this area, although its 

 acreage is comparatively small. The reason for this is that in commercial fields 

 only one variety is desirable, in order that carload lots of a single variety may 

 be shipped. As the Klondike and Aroma are more productive on most soils in 

 Kentucky and Tennessee and as they fit into the season in which strawberries 

 can be shipped to the best advantage,' they are chiefly grown. In some sections 

 when the Klondike berries begin to be small near the end of the picking season 

 growers like to have a small field of the Gandy. The pickers will stay to the 

 end of the season to pick the large berries of the Gandy and will thus pick the 

 Klondike fields later than they otherwise would. They are able also to pick 

 to a more uniform standard of size under such conditions. 



In; :;4. — A good field of Gandy strawberries near 1'arkersburg, W. Va., in the Allegheny 

 Plateau region. Note the straw mulch between the rows. 



In the Gulf Coastal Plains region in Tennessee where cotton is raised the 

 Gandy is not as popular as it otherwise might be, because pickers are often 

 needed to work in the cotton fields before all the Gandy crop is harvested. 

 Near Louisville, Ky., on heavy clay soil it has proved more productive than the 

 Aroma. In all regions of West Virginia it is the leading late variety. Figure 34 

 shows a good field in this State. 



The plant is vigorous, productive, and seems especially adapted to clay soils. 

 Its root system is reported as somewhat shallow. Its foliage is abundant, quite 

 susceptible to leaf -spot, and sometimes mildews. The fruit is borne on erect, 

 stiff stems which keep the fruit off the ground better than many varieties. 

 The berries are large, rather irregular, deep red, subacid, and very good in 

 dessert quality. Because of its acidity and color it is liked for canning. 

 Hathaway. Synonym : Texas. 



Though grown in both Tennessee and Kentucky the Hathaway variety has 

 not been observed enough to make possible an estimate of its value. It is a good 

 plant maker and is productive. The berry is attractively colored and its season 

 is early. It was liked near Spring City, Tenn., and near Lexington, Ky., yet 

 it is not generally grown. It is interesting to note that the Hathaway shows 

 some fall-bearing tendencies. 



