Fruit Maturation Times of Strawberry Varieties

Abstract

Part of the data recorded during studies of strawberry fruit quality was the interval between flowering and fruit maturity for 36 varieties growing in environment-control chambers. The plants were well-developed runners produced during the previous growing season that were dug in the fall before exposure to frost, potted in soil, and maintained in growth chambers at 70°F during the ten hour light period and at 60°F during the fourteen hour dark period. Light intensity was 2000 foot candles from a combination of cool white fluorescent tubes and incandescent bulbs. Fruit maturity was judged subjectively by color.