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 STRAWBERRY VARIETY TRIAL

 E. E. Albregts and C. H. Howard
 Associate Professor (Horticulturist) and Associate Professor (Plant Pathologist)

 Objective: To evaluate all promising breeding lines and out-of-state varieties
 for earliness, yield, fruit size, and plant growth characteristics.

 Table 1. Fruit yields of 1973-74 trials.


 Variety or line January February March April May Total

 October 1 Planting
Tioga 4327 4085 5483 2157 1564 17772c
69-253 8786 5001 7017 4910 4088 29814a
69-712 3474 5436 5273 4649 1684 20559b
Florida Belle 10334 2138 8890 3665 5264 30358a

 October 15 Planting
Tioga 4135 2644 6147 5190 2327 20440
69-253 6477 2093 7753 3510 2617 22450
Florida Belle 7373 1017 8017 1970 1187 19563

 November 1 Planting
Tioga 796 5770 3262 3079 1228 14135d
69-253 5101 5388 4768 3771 1833 20857ab
71-729 6776 8179 5935 2094 1560 24537a
Florida Belle 3151 4418 5375 1544 1107 15590c


The 1975 January yields (Ibs/acre) for this trial are Tioga
Florida Belle (7461), 71-729 (8258).


(6337),No. 10(6684),


KEY TO BREEDING LINES AND VARIETIES IN STRAWBERRY VARIETY TRIAL IN FIELD 2


 Breeding line
Plot No. or variety

 1 Florida Belle
 2 Tioga
 3 No. 10
 4 71-729
 5 69-266