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The Ripe Stuff
Orland Park Prairie, IL -
He hated laboring the bean and corn fields, and after High School, he told his father he was done. He went to college, stuck to his claim, and served as ...
Strawberry fields forever
Calgary Herald,  Canada - Jul 9, 2008
Strawberries are best if they are picked when ripe and red. They do not improve or ripen further, so eat them promptly -- after paying! ...
A salute to the fields of Essex County
Windsor Star,  Canada - Aug 2, 2008
The teenagers manning the stand ask you when you want to eat the musk melon and pick one that will be ripe that day. The produce is grown at Frank ...
Organic farm takes root
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, IN - Aug 3, 2008
He plans to charge $6.75 a quart for pre-picked red raspberries, which should be ripe in about a week. Customers who pick the fruit themselves will pay ...
Wisconsin Woodsmoke
Rhinelander Daily News, WI -
By the end of the month the wild rice will be ripe, and we may have a nip or two of frost. August?s most exciting moment is when we see the first red leaf ...
Strawberry (and raspberry) fields forever...
Bradford Telegraph Argus, UK - Jul 15, 2008
Anyone familiar with fruit picking will know that this is the time of year to hit the strawberry fields. Pick-your-own can not only save you money, ...
Time ripe for strawberries
Escanaba Daily Press, MI - Jul 7, 2008
Those looking to pick their own berries are transported to the strawberry fields by wagon. Thursday afternoon's weather was described as "perfect ...
Berries ripe for the picking
The Barrie Examiner, Canada - Jul 8, 2008
Even among our farms it varies quite a bit from field to field," she said. In an attempt to lengthen the strawberry season, farmers usually plant different ...
Finland Loses Strawberry Summer to Hail, Coldest Snap Since '93
Bloomberg - Jul 14, 2008
... devastated his strawberry fields in eastern Finland. ``The ripe strawberries were all wiped out straight away, pureed instantly,'' said the 36-year-old, ...
Turn toward healthful, locally grown foods through the season
Press & Sun-Bulletin, NY - Aug 2, 2008
"If you buy a strawberry from California in February, it was picked before it was ripe. It travels 3000 miles to get to us. Sometimes, there is even ...
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Control of Colletotrichum acutatum in Strawberry Under Laboratory, Greenhouse, and Field Conditions -
S Freeman, Y Nizani, S Dotan, S Even, T Sando - Plant Disease, 1997 - Am Phytopath Society
... Leaves, flowers, and green and ripe fruit may be extremely ... Following transplantation,
entire beds of strawberry plants collapsed in the field due to ...

The biology of the ground beetle Harpalus rufipes in a strawberry field in Northumberland
ML LUFF - Annals of Applied Biology, 1980 - Blackwell Synergy
... Luff, 1975 for details) situated in a strawberry plot, 50 ... and the soil sifted manually
in the field; in May ... by early July nearly all females contained ripe eggs ...

Differential costs of sexual and vegetative reproduction in wild strawberry populations -
TW Jurik - Oecologia, 1985 - Springer
... for two species of wild strawberry, Fragaria virginiana ... Field studies of phenology,
bio- mass, demography, and ... in converting flower buds into ripe fruits and ...

Preharvest calcium applications have little effect on mineral distribution in ripe strawberry fruit -
DJ Makus, JR Morris - HortScience, 1998 - fao.org
AGRIS record. Record number, US1997082603. Titles, Preharvest calcium applications
have little effect on mineral distribution in ripe strawberry fruit. ...
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… of Fruit Composition, Maturity and Mold Contamination on the Color and Appearance of Strawberry … -
LS PILANDO, RE WROLSTAD, DA HEATHERBELL - Journal of Food Science, 1985 - Blackwell Synergy
... Source and treatment of strawberry samples Totem and ... strawberries were hand-picked
from field plots at the ... washed, and categorized as fully ripe (FR), overripe ...

Modeling Infection of Strawberry Flowers by Botrytis cinerea Using Field Data -
X Xu, DC Harris, AM Berrie - Phytopathology, 2000 - Am Phytopath Society
... conditions required for infection of ripe fruit are ... of gray mold in commercial
strawberry production, however ... on disease development under field conditions are ...

Free radicals in the fruit of three strawberry cultivars exposed to drought stress in the field -
KF Pirker, BA Goodman, EC Pascual, S Kiefer, G … - Plant Physiology et Biochemistry, 2002 - Elsevier
... Three varieties of strawberry (F. vesca L. cv. ... 1) were planted in the field 1 year
and 6 months before the start of the experiment. ... Red-ripe fruits of cv. ...

Identification of Colletotrichum Species Responsible for Anthracnose and Root Necrosis of Strawberry … -
S Freeman, T Katan - Phytopathology, 1997 - Am Phytopath Society
... Following transplantation to production fields during September and October, entire
beds of strawberry plants collapsed ... blight, and green and ripe fruit rot ...

… Lygus rugulipennis and Chaetosiphon fragaefolii, and effects on beneficial species, in UK strawberry … -
J Fitzgerald - Crop Protection, 2004 - Elsevier
... diameter) from the youngest, fully expanded strawberry leaves taken ... Field experiments
on everbearer strawberries. ... Thirty ripe fruits were picked from each plot ...

Influence of daughter plant weight and position on strawberry transplant production and field … -
F Takeda, SC Hokanson, JM Enns - HortScience, 2004 - ars.usda.gov
... began on 11 May 2000, and continued twice weekly until 8 June, all ripe strawberries
were ... strawberry runner tip viability and field perfor- mance. ...

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Strawberry fields ripe for the picking

Pick-your-own fields are popular and profitable

COLLEGE PARK, MD -- Many fruit farmers in the United States rely heavily on "pick-your-own" (PYO) operations to realize profits and create repeat business. Pick-your-own fruit farms are an important market segment, and consumer satisfaction with the experience is critical to farmers eager to increase seasonal revenues.

A team of researchers from the University of Maryland, Utah State University, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture compared three different strawberry production systems over a two-year period (2003-2004) to determine which system was preferred by consumers who frequented pick-your-own farms. Researchers also examined each production system to compare the quality of strawberries produced and attempted to determine how consumer preference affected the price customers would pay for fresh berries.

Matthew Stevens, a graduate student at the University of Maryland, undertook the research project as part of his Master's thesis. Stevens reported that consumers surveyed in the first year of his study preferred picking fruit from the cold-climate "plasticulture" system. Plasticulture strawberries are grown on raised beds using black plastic mulch and a trickle irrigation system. Farmers use plasticulture because it can extend the growing season and improve crop health and growth. Interestingly, Stevens' team found that consumers surveyed during the second year of the study preferred PYO strawberries grown in the "advanced matted row" system, which features raised beds covered with a cover crop mulch instead of plastic mulch and a subsurface drip irrigation system.

"This seems to suggest that the cold-climate plasticulture system, typically an annual production system, is not ideal for perennial production, but would be popular as an annual system.The conventional matted row system, most commonly used in colder production regions, was the least popular system in the first year and was ranked between the advanced matted row and cold-climate plasticulture system in the second year. Most consumers (63%) indicated they would be willing to pay more to pick fruit from their favorite system.", Stevens stated. "We also found that, among fruit quality characteristics tested, only firmness differed among the systems, with fruit from the cold-climate plasticulture being slightly softer than fruit from the other two systems."

According to Stevens, the research study will provide growers with a clear comparison of how different strawberry production systems affect customers' perceptions of pick-your-own experiences. "As growers consider shifting from the conventional matted row system to modern systems, this research will give them an idea of how customers may react to such a change. Growers can use this information, along with information on economics and environmental impacts of the systems, to make an informed decision on which system would be best to use on their farm.", he summarized.

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The complete study and abstract are available on the ASHS HortTechnology electronic journal web site: http://horttech.ashspublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/17/4/586/

Founded in 1903, the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) is the largest organization dedicated to advancing all facets of horticultural research, education and application. More information at ashs.org

 
 
 
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