Product code: HO-165-W
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HO-165-WIndiana spans 300 miles from north to south and encompasses widely different climates for fruit production. This provides unique opportunities and presents some problems in suggesting cultivars for Indiana growers. Northern areas are characterized by cold winters and cool summers, with warm days and cool nights, and a shorter growing season. In southern Indiana winters are not as cold, and summers have hot days and nights with extended periods of high humidity and a longer season. This means that in northern areas attainment of adequate red fruit color is less of a problem, but can be a serious problem in southern Indiana. Some later season cultivars grow well in southern areas of the state but may lack sufficient length of season in northern areas to mature well. However, fruit finish and disease control are problems in southern Indiana due to high temperatures and humidity.
2/1/2003
Hirst, Peter; Lerner, B. Rosie;