Varieties of Straberry

Varieties

       All the cultivated varieties of strawberry are octaploid. A number of cultivars have been introduced and evaluated from time-to-time. The promising ones are:

Chandler

         Fruit is of exceptionally high dessert quality with outstanding colour and flavour. It is very resistant to physical damages caused by rain. Plants are tolerant to viruses. Fruits are large, flesh and skin firm and flavour excellent. It is suitable for fresh market and processing. On an average, berry weighs 15–18g. The fruits have good TSS (12%), acidity (0.85%), vitamin C (55.5mg/100g) and sugar content (6.1%).

Tioga

           An early-maturing cultivar, it is tolerant to viruses. Fruits very large, flesh and skin firm, dessert and processing quality good, TSS 12.2%, acidity 0.98% and sugar 6.2%. Average berry weighs about 9g.

Torrey

          Tolerant to viruses, it produces numerous runners. Fruits large, flesh and skin medium firm, dessert quality excellent, processing quality good, TSS 12.0%, acidity 0.97% and sugars 6.1%. Average berry weighs 6.9g.

Selva

         A day-neutral cultivar, it has the capacity to produce off-season fruits. It is different from day-neutral or ever bearing types. Fruits large, flesh and skin firm, conic to blocky in shape, dessert quality good. It can be handled and shipped fairly well. Skin bright red, attractive, flesh red, internally somewhat hollow, light in colour at core, average berry weighs 15–18g, TSS 11.1%, acidity 1.0% and sugar 5.5%.

Belrubi

      Fruits large, conical (necked fruit), skin bright red, flesh attractive red, somewhat firm, less hollow at core, high quality, sweet, slightly subacid, average berry weigh 15g, TSS 11.8%, acidity 0.98%, sugars 6%. Plant produces adequate runners.

Fern

         It is a day-neutral, early-ripening and over-bearing cultivar. Fruits large, medium, conical, solid internally, slightly hollow, skin red, flesh red, firm, flavour excellent, suitable for fresh market and processing. It tastes sweet to slightly subacidic. Average berry weighs 20–25g, TSS 11.2%, acidity 0.88% and sugars 6.1%.

Pajaro

        It is very successful under summer system. Plant tolerant to virus. Fruit has good dessert and processing quality. Fruit is quite susceptible to physical damage caused by rain. Fruits large, flesh very firm, skin firm, red colour, average berry weighs 7.6g, TSS 12.2%, acidity 0.97% and sugars 5.5%.

Besides, Premier, Red Coat, Local Jeolikot, Dilpasand, Bangalore, Florida 90, Katrain Sweet, Pusa Early Dwarf and Blakemore are also grown.