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Re: strawberries

In a message dated 97-11-20 10:38:54 EST, you write:

<< 
 Now I wonder where do our strawberry plants come from.  They have to
 have some chilling before they grow and fruit, right?  In Florida we buy
 plants in Sept/Oct and begin to have fruit sometimes before Christmas.
 How do they do it?  Trudy >>

As I understand it, these plants that are grown in Florida, typically for
winter sales to markets across the U.S., are first grown in the North to meet
their chilling requirements and set flower buds. They are then sent south as
dormant plants, planted and the fruit is harvested. There is a large nursery
in Massachusetts that specializes in this process.
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