Strawberry Yield Data 2015 - Strawberry Growers Information

Gloss (rating; 1=dull; 9=shiny)

Fruit firmness (rating; 1= mush; 9= hard)

Skin (rating; 1=soft; 9=tough)

External color (rating; 1= white; 9= "black")

Internal (rating; 1= white; 9="black")

Flavor (rating; 1= poor flavor; 9= excellent intense flavor)

Sweet Charlie

NCS 10-038

NCS 10-156

Table 1 and 2 are yield data from our research plots at the Piedmont Research Station in Salisbury and at the Central Crops Research Station in Clayton, NC. We had plant loss to disease early in the season, so Albion, Camarosa, Sweet Charlie and Chandler yields are not as "robust" as we would like. We lost Radiance early in the season, so there is no data on that cultivar this year.

Table 1. Strawberry Replicated Trial (3 reps, 20 plants each, 10ft plots) at Salisbury, NC in 2015.
Total yield, marketable yield , percent marketable yield and average berry weight
	Total Yield (lbs/A)		Marketable Yield (lbs/A)		Percentage Marketable Yield (% of total)		Average berry weight (g)
NCS 10-038	28823	a	24798	a	85.947	bc	22.524	bcde
Chandler	28134	a	20843	ab	74.41	a	17.953	ghf
NCS 10-032	25865	a	21822	ab	84.347	abc	23.085	bcde
San Andreas	22549	ab	18366	bc	81.487	abc	22.992	bcde
Benecia	21283	abc	18464	bc	86.971	bc	25.532	bc
CaminoReal	19914	abcd	17600	bcd	87.921	c	24.665	bcd
Merced	19323	abcde	15088	cde	77.755	abc	22.19	bcde
NCS 10-156	16055	abcdef	13274	def	82.603	abc	18.888	efgh
Sweet Ann	15203	bcdef	12634	efg	83.078	abc	37.679	a
Albion	11980	cdefg	10223	fgh	84.515	abc	25.756	b
Festival	11484	defg	9693	fgh	84.351	abc	17.933	fgh
Sweet Charlie	11083	defg	8585	fgh	76.524	ab	14.904	h
NCS 09-011	10547	defg	8327	fgh	78.228	abc	21.224	cdefg
Camarosa	10285	efg	7960	gh	77.826	abc	20.441	defg
NCS 10-777	9647	fg	7514	h	78.116	abc	20.384	defg


Table 2. Strawberry Replicated Trial (3 reps, 20 plants each, 10ft plots) at Clayton, NC in 2015.
	Total Yield (lbs/A)		Marketable Yield (lbs/A)		Percentage Marketable Yield (% of total)		Average berry weight (g)
NCH 10-041	28166	a	24058	a	85.164	ab	22.759	cdefg
Chandler	28134	a	24250	a	85.63	ab	20.799	efgh
Merced	27258	a	24877	a	91.445	ab	27.254	bc
Sweet Ann	27219	a	23571	a	86.895	ab	35.7	a
NCS 10-038	25171	a	23674	a	94.039	ab	24.343	bcdef
San Andreas	24742	ab	22381	ab	90.375	ab	25.154	bcde
NCS 10-032	22797	ab	18854	abc	83.147	ab	23.532	bcdef
Benecia	22426	abc	20064	ab	89.427	ab	25.168	bcd
Camio Real	20998	abc	19366	abc	92.16	ab	25.564	bcd
NCS 10-156	20992	abc	19002	abc	90.488	ab	20.722	efgh
Festival	14810	bcd	13491	bcd	91.213	ab	18.816	gh
NCS 10-777	12947	cd	10586	cd	81.95	b	21.16	defgh
Albion	10624	d	9741	d	91.804	ab	27.58	b
Sweet Charlie	9370	d	8416	d	90.064	ab	17.26	h
Camarosa	8138	d	5066	d	61.573	c	19.768	fgh

Figure 1. Pictures of NCS 10-156. An early season strawberry selection with wonderful flavor.

Figure 2. NCS 10-038. A late season, high yielding, large fruited with low cull rate.

Table 3. Qualitative scores of fruit attributes taken at one harvest at the Central Crops Research Station May 4, 2015. Scores are on a scale of 1-9, with 1 as the worst and 9 as the best in the field. Scores are average of 3 plots.

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Gina Fernandez Extension Specialist (Small Fruits Breeding and Production)

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