Hill System Plastic Mulched Strawberry Production Guide for Colder Areas

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.


VarietyFresh Weight Per Berry(g)
EarlyZLate
1998199919981999
Latestar10.1ab6.2ab9.9cd7.2abc
Marmalada11.7a6.5ab12.5ab7.5ab
Honeoye11.7a6.2ab13.7a6.5bc
Primetime10.1ab5.8b11.6abc6.1c
Jewel9.1bc6.5ab11.0bc7.1abc
Northeaster10.9ab6.9ab10.3bcd8.1a
Allstar11.4a7.1a13.4a7.1abc
Earliglow7.8c4.5c8.5d4.7d
Delmarvel9.9ab6.2ab10.4bcd6.4bc


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.


MEAN FRESH WEIGHT (G) PER BERRY, 1ST YEAR

 CavendishChandlerJewel
Earlyz8.8a9.2a10.6a
Mid-S9.8a10.1a10.4a
Late9.9a9.9a9.2a

zMean separation within columns by Duncan's NMRT.
P < 0.05.


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