There are various types of strawberries available for cultivation. Learn about the different strains of strawberries and about their strong and weak points.
+ Positive attributes
-- Negative attributes
Early to Mid-season strawberry varieties:
1. Annapolis
The Annapolis strawberry is an early marturing (Blooming) variety, medium-large in size. This strawberry variety produces firm, medium-sized, orange-red color berries.
+ Unlike the Veestar variety, the Annapolis is more firm, making it more suitable for shipping and it's resistant to red stele.
-- The Annapolis, however, is not as productive as Veestar and is susceptible to powdery mildew and angular leaf spot. Additionally, it's Sensitive to Sinbar.
2. Brunswick
The Brunswick is a cross between "Honeoye x Cavendish" and is an early to mid-season bloomer that produces good yields of firm, glossy berries with good quality and average-good flavor. Fruit is larger than Honeoye but smaller than the Cavendish variety.
+ The Brunswick strawberry is a productive plant with good fruit quality and is resistant to red stele.
-- This variety is susceptible to Phytophthora crown rot. The Brunswick taste more like Honeoye than Cavendish and can be sensitive to Sinbar.
3. Evangeline
The Evangeline strawberry is a early maturing, medium-size, vigorous, healthy plant with flower and fruit clusters held upright, above ground.
+ The Evangeline produces bautiful berries of good quality with firm skin, good shape and a large green calyx. It tolerate leaf diseases well and has a good flavor.
-- At first, the berries appear to be quite large, however, size is variable and drops off quick. Overall, the Evangeline produces small berries and yields low.
4. Glooscap
The Glooscap strawberry variety is a high yielding, early to mid-season bloomer that produces medium to large dark red fruit with a good flavor.
+ This variety produces good size initially and high yields with good winter hardiness and decaps easily.
-- The Glooscap produces dark colored berries with pale raised seeds. It's susceptible to red stele.
5. Honeoye
The Honeoye is an early to mid-season bloomer that adapts well and is a high yielding variety. Growers can expect high yields of medium-large, firm, bright red berries.
+ The Honeoye strawberry is produces Good yields, good fruit quality and consistent fruit size.
-- This variety has a sharp or acidic taste, depending on growing environment with a deep dark color when overripe. Inconsistent ripening of fruit, with the tip being the last part of the fruit to ripen. It's also fairly sensitive to Sinbar and susceptibe to black root rot.
6. Sable
The sable strawberry is an early maturing variety that produces bright red berries on vigorously growing, tall plants. Their berries are firmer than Veestar but less firm than Annapolis.
+ The Sable produce berries that are bright red, with a good flavor. They are good winter hardiness and resistant to red stele.
-- Sable strawberry is susceptible to angular leaf spot and Botrytis and produce soft berries.
7. Veestar
The veestar variety was produced by the Horticultural Research Institute of Ontario in 1967. This is an early season, medium-sized variety. The Veestar variety is a vigorous, high yielding plant with medium berries runs well.
+ The Veestar straberry is dark red in color with an excellent flavor that makes great jam. It's also a reliable cultivar and can tolerate sinbar; a herbicide.
-- The veestar strawberry is moderately soft, however, making it less suitable for shipping than other varieties. It tend to change color in warm-hot weather to a dark red. It's also suseptable to red stele.
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