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Identifier: fruitculture02inte (find matches)
Title: (Fruit culture)
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: International Library of Technology
Subjects: Fruit-culture
Publisher: Scranton, Pa., International Textbook Co.
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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Pig. 18 times. The fruit ripens late in the season. This is one ofthe highest quality berries grown, but it is unfortunatelyirregularly productive. VARIETIES SUITABLE TO A LOCATION 28. According to information compiled by the AmericanPomological Society, varieties of strawberries, and also of allother fruits, vary widely in their adaptability to different sec-tions of the country. Some varieties have been found tosucceed well in many different sections of the country, thoughwith varying degrees of success in different sections, and othervarieties have been found to do well in certain few sectionsonly. To simplify matters, the Society has divided the UnitedStates and the lower part of Canada into eighteen pomologicaldivisions, or districts. These districts have nothing to do withstate or provincial boundaries but consist of territory adapted,because of its natural conditions, to the growing of fruits, due
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19 20 STRAWBERRIES §15 consideration being given to the influence of latitude, eleva-tion, prevailing winds, and the nearness to oceans or lakes.These eighteen districts are outlined and numbered on the mapin Fig. 19. The following list of varieties, arranged by districts, gives,under each district, the varieties of strawberries that are knownto succeed in that district. The varieties given in Italics areknown to be highly successful in the divisions in which theyoccur. The first time the name of a variety is given its lesscommon name is put after it in parenthesis. Where a divisionheading is omitted, such as Division 11 in the list, no varietiesof strawberries are known to do well in that division. Someof the varieties of strawberries included in the list will not befound described in detail in the descriptions of varieties. Suchvarieties are considered not to be entirely desirable from acommercial standpoint, even though they may grow and producewell. The information given in the l

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