Sources for strawberry plants

By Debby Wechsler
Posted Wednesday, January 16, 2008

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Pittsboro, NC -The North Carolina Strawberry Association maintains a list of strawberry plant sources. It is oriented towards commercial growers but also lists some sources that serve home gardeners and will mail order. You can see
the list here.

Ones to check out include:

• McNeill Farms, Sanford, NC--A local source whose nursery you can easily drive to.
• Lewis Nursery, Rocky Point, NC--a NC nursery that has been around a long time nad does mail order to consumers
• Nourse Farms, Deerfield, MA -- a leading Northern nursery with many matted row varieties and strong mail order program

Most North Carolina commercial growers are raising strawberries as annual plants on plastic, using the varieties Chandler, Camarosa, and Sweet Charlie. Home gardeners can approximate the same system of annual planting (I do, and several other home gardeners in the area buy plants with me).

The traditional way of raising strawberries as perennials is "matted row" and growers often use Earliglow (famous for flavor), Sweet
Charlie (good in both systems), and a whole host of other varieties. Ask the nursery for recommendations.

2007 Strawberry Plant Supplier List

The following nurseries and dealers sell strawberry plants, plugs, and tips for plasticulture, matted row, or both. Name(s)
of primary contacts are listed after the business or farm name.

This list is an annual service of the NC Strawberry Association and was updated in May, 2007. Please contact NCSA with any updates or corrections to this list.

Aarons Creek Farms (Gregg Gordon), 380 Greenhouse Dr., Buffalo Jct., VA 24529, phone: 800-487-8502 or 434-374-2174, fax: 434-374-2055, e-mail: info@strawberryplants.com, website: www.strawberryplants.com.

Balamore Farm Ltd. (Joe Cooper) 9036 Hwy #2, Great Village, Nova Scotia B0M 1L0 Canada, phone: 902-668-2005 cell: 902-893-0744, fax: 668-2025, sales@ balamore.com.

Cottle Strawberry Nursery (Ron Cottle), 192 Ned Cottle Lane, Faison, NC 28341, phone: 910-267-4531, fax: 910-267-0156,
e-mail: ron@cottlefarms.com, website: www.cottlefarms.com.

Fresh-Pik Produce (Jim Warenda, James Sharp), 7802 Sadie Rd., Kenly, NC 27542, phone: 252-237-1260 or 252-205-2783,
fax: 252-237-6133, e-mail: jimwarenda@ freshpik.com, jsharp@freshpik.com, website: www.freshpik.com

Ghesquiere Plant Farm, Ltd. (Mitchell Wrenn, Jim & Donna Goodson), 228 Scratch Gravel Rd., Damascus, AR 72039, phone 501-335-8185, email goodson01@ alltel.net

Jersey Asparagus Farms (Scott Walker), 105 Porchtown Rd., Pittsgrove, NJ 08318, phone: 856-358-2548, fax: 856-358-6127, e-mail: jaf@jafinc.com, website: www. jerseyasparagus. com

Lewis Nursery & Farms (Cal Lewis, Sam Harrell), 3500 NC Hwy 133, Rocky Point, NC 28457, phone: 910-675-2394, Sam’s cell: 910-540-6416, fax: 910-602-3106, email: clewis@bizec.rr.com

Lyon Farms (Mark Lyon), 1549 Northside Rd., Creedmoor, NC 27522, cell: 919-308-2990.

M & M Plant Farm (Randy Massey), 6031 Kerr Chapel Rd., Elon, NC 27244, phone: 336-421-8959, cell: 336-260-9083, fax: 336-421-6816.

McConnell Farms (Danny McConnell), 117 Old Dana Rd., Hendersonville, NC 28792, phone and fax: 828-692-2819, e-mail: mcconnell@brinet.com

McNeill Farms (Steve McNeill), 1621 Kentyrewood Farm Rd., Sanford, NC 27330, phone and fax: 919-499-9706, cell: 919-775-9482, e-mail: skmcneill@alltel.net

Norton Creek Farms (Wayne and Nathan Moss), 370 Evitt Cemetary Rd., Cashiers, NC 28717, phone 828-743-3674, cell: 828-507-4869, fax: 828-743-0174.

Nourse Farms (Nathan Nourse), 41 River Rd., South Deerfield, MA 01373, phone: 413-665-2658 or 413-665-8019, fax: 413-665-7888, e-mail: info@noursefarms.com, website: www.noursefarms.com

Ruby Mountain Nursery LLC (Brian Coleman), 24244 Highway 371, LaJara, Colorado 81140, phone: 719-588-1621, email: info@rubymountainnursery.com, website: www.rubymountainnursery.com

Sawyer Farms (Alan Sawyer), 6346 Beulah Church Rd., Liberty, NC 27298, phone: 336-685-9645, cell: 336-215-1215, fax: 336-685-9149, e-mail: asawyer3@ bellsouth.net

Shingleton Farms (Tommy Shingleton), P.O. Box 357, Stantonsburg, NC 27883, cell: 252-236-5187, phone and fax: 252-238-2155, e-mail: T.shingleton@ cocentral.com

Strawberry Tyme Farms (John Cooper), RR2, Simcoe, Ontario N3Y 4K1 Canada, phone: 519-426-3099, fax: 519-426-2573, e-mail: styme@kwic.com, website: www.strawberrytyme. com

Triple J Nursery (Jimmy & Sheila Witt), 11080 Hwy 160, Hayden, AL 35079, phone: 866-647-2552 or 205-647-2552, cell: 205-288-9608, e-mail: wittsend@urisp.net, website: www.strawberrynursery.com

Virginia Berry Farm (Ken West), 23298 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Ruther Glenn, VA 22546, phone: 804-448-4430, cell: 804-370-8443, e-mail: ken@virginiaberryfarm.com