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By C. E. Chaplin and O D Hawkins
The Eden Shale Farm of the Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station. located
in Owen county. was established to determine what crops could be most successfully
grown in that area of Kentucky. Because strawberries appeared to be a promising fruit
` crop, a planting was made in 1956 Cultural practices were the same as those re-
commended in Kentucky Cooperative Extension Circular 524. "Strawberry Production
in Kentucky. " The work since then has been limited to variety testing and fertility /
studies. All experiments were replicated and randomized in such a manner that they
could be statistically analyzed. All production results are given as 24-quart crates per
acre. l
EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES 1956 PLANTING °`
The 1956 planting consisted of the three principal commercial varieties grown
in Kentucky - Tennessee Beauty BIaI