Strawberry
Cultivars
for the Inland Northwest & Intermountain West
Strawberry cultivars
fall into three categories: June-bearing, everbearing,
and dayneutral. June-bearing strawberries respond to
the short days of autumn by setting flower buds. In the
late spring or early summer of the following year, a
June-bearer produces a single, heavy crop of strawberries.
Remove all flower blossoms that form during the planting
year to encourage strong, healthy plants. Begin cropping
your June-bearers the year after planting. Replace beds
more than four years old.
Everbearing
strawberries also set flower buds in fall, but do so
again during the long days of summer. In this way, these
cultivars bear two moderate crops each year: one in the
late spring or early summer and another in the late summer
and early fall. Particularly during cool growing seasons,
everbearers produce a trickle of fruit throughout the
summer. As with June-bearers, remove all flower blossoms
that form during the planting year. Replace beds more
than four years old.
Dayneutral
strawberries set flower buds throughout the spring, summer,
and fall. Theoretically, they should bear a continuous
crop of fruit from late spring until fall frosts. In
actuality, they behave more like everbearers, with moderate
to heavy crops in the spring and fall, with a smaller
stream of berries in between. As is true with the everbearers,
cool weather during the summer encourages flower formation
and fruiting. Dayneutral cultivars yield more than everbearers.
Remove all blossoms that develop between spring planting
and early August. You can begin cropping dayneutral cultivars
during fall of the planting year. Because they come into
production the year of planting, rather than in the second
year, yields over the life of the planting are greater
than for June-bearers. Replace beds more than four years
old.
Hundreds
of strawberry cultivars are available. Not all, however,
are adapted to Idaho growing conditions. The cultivars
listed in the following tables have performed
well in Idaho trials.
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June-Bearing Strawberries
Expected
yield: 0.5 to 1.0 lb. per foot of row during the second
and third years
Fruiting years: Second and third
Spacing:
Matted row: 12 to 18 inches apart in rows 36 to 48
inches apart
Ribbon row: 4 to 9 inches apart in rows 36 inches apart
| Cultivar |
Fruit Characteristics |
Disease Resistance |
| Ripens after Earliglow (days) |
Size |
Desert Quality |
Freezing Quality |
Leaf Scorch |
Leaf Spot |
Red Stele |
Verticillium Wilt |
| Earliglow |
0 |
S |
E |
E |
G |
P |
G |
G |
| Lester |
6 |
L |
E |
F |
G |
G |
G |
G |
| Honeyoye |
6 |
L |
G |
G |
G |
G |
P |
P |
| Catskill |
7 |
L |
G |
F |
G |
P |
P |
E |
| Surecrop |
7 |
L |
G |
G |
F |
F |
G |
E |
| Cavendish |
7 |
VL |
G |
G |
F |
F |
G |
F |
| Redchief |
7 |
L |
E |
G |
G |
G |
G |
G |
| Scott |
8 |
L |
E |
E |
G |
F |
G |
F |
| Allstar |
8 |
VL |
E |
G |
G |
G |
E |
G |
| Guardian |
9 |
L |
G |
F |
G |
F |
G |
G |
| Lateglow |
9 |
L |
E |
E |
G |
P |
G |
G |
| Totem |
9 |
L |
G |
G |
U |
U |
F |
F |
| Glooscap |
10 |
L |
G |
E |
G |
G |
P |
F |
| Micmac |
10 |
M-L |
G |
G |
G |
G |
P |
P |
| Benton |
10 |
M |
F |
G |
U |
U |
U |
G |
| Jewel |
10 |
L |
E |
E |
G |
G |
P |
P |
| Blomidon |
12 |
L |
G |
E |
G |
G |
P |
U |
| Shuksan |
12 |
VL |
G |
E |
F |
P |
F |
F |
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Ripening date refers to the number of days fruit begins ripening
after Earliglow. Dayneutral and everbearing cultivars
typically bear moderate crops in the spring and
fall with a trickle of fruit in between.
Size:
S = small, M = medium, L = large, VL = very large
Dessert
and freezing quality: P = poor, F = fair, G = good, E
= excellent
Disease
resistance: P = poor, F = fair, G = good, E = excellent,
U = unknown
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Everbearing Strawberries
Expected
yield: 0.25 to 0.5 lb. per foot of row during the second
and third years
Fruiting years: second and third
Spacing:
Matted row: 12 to 18 inches apart
in rows 36 to 48 inches apart
Ribbon row: 4 to 9 inches apart in
rows 36 inches apart
| Cultivar |
Fruit Characteristics |
Disease Resistance |
| Ripens after Earliglow (days) |
Size |
Desert Quality |
Freezing Quality |
Leaf Scorch |
Leaf Spot |
Red Stele |
Verticillium Wilt |
| Fort Laramie |
4 |
L |
E |
G |
U |
U |
U |
U |
| Quinault |
7 |
M |
G |
F |
G |
G |
G |
U |
| Ripening date refers to the number of days fruit begins ripening
after Earliglow. Dayneutral and everbearing cultivars
typically bear moderate crops in the spring and
fall with a trickle of fruit in between.
Size:
S = small, M = medium, L = large, VL = very large
Dessert
and freezing quality: P = poor, F = fair, G = good, E
= excellent
Disease
resistance: P = poor, F = fair, G = good, E = excellent,
U = unknown
|
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Dayneutral Strawberries
Expected
yield:
Year 1: 0.25 to 0.75 lb. per foot
of row
Years 2 and 3: 0.5 to 1.5 lb. per
foot of row
Fruiting years: first, second, and third
Spacing:
Matted row: 12 to 18 inches apart
in rows 36 to 48 inches apart
Ribbon row: 4 to 9 inches apart in
rows 36 inches apart
| Cultivar |
Fruit Characteristics |
Disease Resistance |
| Ripens after Earliglow (days) |
Size |
Desert Quality |
Freezing Quality |
Leaf Scorch |
Leaf Spot |
Red Stele |
Verticillium Wilt |
| Tristar |
2 |
M |
E |
G |
G |
P |
G |
G |
| Tribute |
7 |
M-L |
E |
G |
G |
G |
E |
E |
| Ripening date refers to the number of days fruit begins ripening
after Earliglow. Dayneutral and everbearing cultivars
typically bear moderate crops in the spring and
fall with a trickle of fruit in between.
Size:
S = small, M = medium, L = large, VL = very large
Dessert
and freezing quality: P = poor, F = fair, G = good, E
= excellent
Disease
resistance: P = poor, F = fair, G = good, E = excellent,
U = unknown
|
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