Archive image from page 312 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture . Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches cyclopediaofame04bail Year: 1906 2430 The fore ng of Strawberries under glass northward to all the great interior states and to Oregon, Washington and British Columbia before the locally grown fruit in those regions is available. The states of Oregon and
Archive image from page 312 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture . Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches cyclopediaofame04bail Year: 1906 2430 The fore ng of Strawberries under glass northward to all the great interior states and to Oregon, Washington and British Columbia before the locally grown fruit in those regions is available. The states of Oregon and Washington in their areas lying west of the Cascade mountains have conditions excellently suited to the growth of the Strawberry. Their conditions more nearly resemble those in the east- ern states than any other part of the coast. The cooler weather and more abundant moisture give a better spring season than that of California, but the season is on the whole much shorter because of the longer winter. Irrigation is also necessary in most places for continued fruiting during the summer. The most famous district is Hood River, Oregon, where arid .niHliiiin- .:i-i of the Cascade mountains are modififil 1. ii- ences which reach through the gap in I â n , i ,;iis where the Cohimbia river flows thnni-i ltMj:i -n i regularly r-myili-iYfil and a lare .<ciniiihi''iai grown. The ; I'liii'llv :.'i'owii in llii rfi;iun and in adjacent jiari- .it W ;,-l, and Idal,.. an- of local origin, the ]I I ,i'lark Srrdlinf,- and Magoon Seedling buin; witltly apjiruved. , Sharpless, Wilson, Haverland, Crescent, Cumberland, Jucundaand Parker Earle are also commended by growers in the northwestern states. The Forcing of Strawberries for a Winter Crop has not as yet become of any laat impor- tance in North America. Siniii- IS t'low a few potted plants for either Christmas .n- i; decoration. Very few, if any, commercial
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