large (e.g., 8 inches diameter), single crown-type heads ( Jett et al., 1995 ). Jett et al. (1995) found no significant effect of plant density on days to harvest in a 1990 trial, but observed that days to harvest was up to 9 d later with a density of
the crown. Heißner et al. (2006) examined the effect of soil temperature on white asparagus yield, and high temperature treatments surrounding the crowns have been shown to control white asparagus sprouting ( Paroussi et al., 2002 ; Watanabe et al
Abbreviations: CB, cropping bed; CNO, crown number; CSWB, cold-stored waiting bed; FLNO, flower number; WB, waiting bed. 1 To whom reprint requests should be addressed. This study was supported by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food and the
leaves, roots, and crowns that may have different survival or stress-protection mechanisms while acclimating to cold, surviving ice encasement, or overwintering. Here, we investigate several physiological responses such as apoplastic protein content
): Prime-Ark ® Traveler (22 May to 5 July), Arapaho (22 May to 5 July), Natchez (22 May to 13 July), Osage (25 May to 25 July), Ouachita (29 May to 25 July), Navaho (5 June to 9 Aug.), Apache (8 June to 9 Aug.), Von (19 June to 15 Aug.), Triple Crown (22
inflorescence is formed at the shoot apical meristem, the AXB can break dormancy. The AXM can then develop into either a branch crown (new compressed shoot section with similar behavior as primary crown, possessing the ability of producing flowers and stolons
, Marion, and Obsidian trailing types and Triple Crown semierect type, were chosen for the study. ‘Black Diamond’ ( Finn et al., 2005a ), a cultivar grown for processed and fresh markets, and ‘Marion’ ( Finn et al., 1997 ), grown predominantly for the
blackberry. Two perennial cultivars of blackberry, Chester Thornless and Triple Crown, were chosen for this study because they are grown by local farmers and have performed well in nearby high tunnel trials ( Yao, 2018 ). Two identical plantings of blackberry
Yields of bare-rooted ‘Festival’ strawberry plants in southeastern Queensland, Australia, were best with a planting in mid-March, with lower yields with earlier or later plantings ( Menzel and Smith, 2011 ). In contrast, large plants with crown
, Takeda et al. (2011) developed a protocol for rooting one-node hardwood cuttings without using intermittent mist in a greenhouse setting. Hardwood cuttings were taken from ‘Siskiyou’ and ‘Triple Crown’ laterals after the canes had undergone an outdoor