Authors: Charles R. O'Dell Extension Horticulturist, Department of Horticulture, Virginia Tech; Jerry Williams, Teaching Hortculturist, Department of Horticulture, Virginia Tech
Publication Number 438-018, Posted March 2000
TABLE 6-A* - Total first year and carry-over second year fresh berry weight harvested for nine cultivars of strawberry, planted bare-root dormant on 26 June 1997 (early) or by plugs on 21 August 1997 (late). Harvest was from 14 May to 5 June in 1998 and 19 May to 11 June 1999. 1 replication = 12 single plants. n = 4.
| Variety | Fresh Weight Per Berry(g) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EarlyZ | Late | |||
| 1998 | 1999 | 1998 | 1999 | |
| Latestar | 10.1ab | 6.2ab | 9.9cd | 7.2abc |
| Marmalada | 11.7a | 6.5ab | 12.5ab | 7.5ab |
| Honeoye | 11.7a | 6.2ab | 13.7a | 6.5bc |
| Primetime | 10.1ab | 5.8b | 11.6abc | 6.1c |
| Jewel | 9.1bc | 6.5ab | 11.0bc | 7.1abc |
| Northeaster | 10.9ab | 6.9ab | 10.3bcd | 8.1a |
| Allstar | 11.4a | 7.1a | 13.4a | 7.1abc |
| Earliglow | 7.8c | 4.5c | 8.5d | 4.7d |
| Delmarvel | 9.9ab | 6.2ab | 10.4bcd | 6.4bc |
Z Mean separation within columns by Duncan's NMRT. P=0.05.
Y P<F for treatment within each cultivar for 1998 and 1999.
* Charlie O'Dell, Jerry Williams, and Roger Harris, VA Tech, Department of Horticulture, Blacksburg, VA.
TABLE 6-B - Total 1999 fresh weight (g) per berry of 'Cavendish,' 'Chandler,' and 'Jewel'
plugs planted on 31 July (Early), 14 August (Mid-S) and 2 September 1998 (Late). One
replication = 6 plants. n = 4.
| Cavendish | Chandler | Jewel | |
| Earlyz | 8.8a | 9.2a | 10.6a |
| Mid-S | 9.8a | 10.1a | 10.4a |
| Late | 9.9a | 9.9a | 9.2a |
zMean separation within columns by Duncan's NMRT.
P < 0.05.
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