STRAWBERRY— POLLINATION— PLANTING 



1917 



Fig. 4. Rough Rider. 



Willamette Yalley 



Varieties Grown. — Gold Dollar,* Six- 

 teen to One,* Magoon,* Clark's Seedling,* 

 Autumn Bell,t Marshall,* Wilson, Dor- 

 man.* 



Umpqua Yalley 



Varieties Grown. — Gold Dollar,* Ever- 

 bearing, Clark's Seedling,* Magoon,* Six- 

 teen to One.* 



Rogue River Valley 



Varieties Grown. — Gandy,* Glen Mary,* 

 Parker Earle,* Aroma,* Jumbo.* 



The Coast Region 



Varieties Grown. — ^August Luther,* 

 Glen Mary,* Magoon,* William Belt,* 



See also article on Strawberry Culture 

 on Puget Sound, at the end of this ar- 

 ticle. 



The Dalles District 



Varieties Grown. — Clark's Seedling.* 



La Grande District 



Varieties Grown. — 



Central Oregon Region 



Suggested varieties for trial. — War- 

 field, t Bederwood,* Clark's Seedling,* Par- 

 son's Beauty.* 



A List of Varieties that Will Stand 

 Shipment 



To ship berries successfully to distant 

 markets, it is essential to grow varieties 

 possessing great firmness and keeping 

 qualities that will stand transportation. 

 The following varieties, owing to the 

 firmness of the fruit, would be excellent 

 for shipping to distant markets: 



Warfield,t Brandywine,* Crescent,t Par- 

 son's Beauty,* Klondike,* William Belt,* 

 Clark's Seedling,* Jacunda,* Glen Mary,* 

 and Aroma.* 



POLLINATION 



Bi-Sexual and Pistillate Flowers. In 

 selecting varieties for the plantation it 

 is well for the grower to become famil- 

 iar with the sex of the plant. Strawberry 

 plants fall into two classes when the 

 flower characters are compared: (1) bi- 

 sexual; (2) pistillate. The plants known 

 as bi-sexual, or perfect, have the power 

 of producing both stamens and pistils. 

 The pistillate plants produce pistils only. 

 Some growers have been unsuccessful in 

 growing those varieties that fall under 

 the pistillate class because they did not 

 plant them in close proximity with per- 

 fect kinds to insure fertilization. Such 

 varieties as Mark Hanna, Haverland, 

 Buback, President, Sample, etc., should 

 not be planted alone. 



Alternating Varieties in Rows. To in- 

 sure complete fertilization the varieties 

 that fall in these two classes should be 

 alternated in the rows. There is some 

 diversity of opinion among the growers 

 as to the proportion of perfect and im- 

 perfect plants that should be planted. 

 Excellent results have been obtained when 

 one row of the pistillate is alternated 

 with two, three or four rows of the bi- 

 sexual. Some authorities in discussing 

 the subject recommend planting two rows 

 of the pollenizer with two of the pistil- 

 late. Varieties that bear blossoms about 

 the same time should be selected for this 

 purpose. 



PLANTING 



Selection of Plants. Care should be 

 exercised in the selection of the plants 

 for the new plantation. If bought from 

 a strawberry dealer the grower should 

 insist upon having the best. Only plants 

 that have developed strong crowns and 

 healthy root systems are capable of pro- 

 ducing large crops. Hardly two plants 

 out of thirty develop large thrifty roots, 

 hence the necessity of careful selection. 

 Only plants formed by runners should be 



* Bi-sexual. 

 t Pistillate. 



* Bi-sexnal. 

 t Pistillate. 



