Commercial Strawberry Production in Minnesota



Table 1: Characteristics of Junebearing strawberries in Minnesota.

Cultivar Yield
Potential		 Hardiness Vigor Fruit
Size		 Attrac-
tiveness		 Firm-
ness		 Texture Flavor
Early season
Annapolis mod-high good mod. med-large good excel. v. good good
Crimson King high excel. high large v. good fair v. good fair
Earliglow mod. fair mod. medium excel. excel. excel. excel.
Veegem mod. good mod. medium good good good good
Veestar mod-high good high medium good good good good
Early midseason
Cornwallis mod. good mod. medium excel. excel. excel. excel.
Honeyoye high v. good high med-large good v. good good good
Lester mod. fair mod. med-large excel. excel. excel. excel.
Redcoat high v.good high medium good good good fair
Scott mod. fair mod. large excel. excel. good fair
Trumpeter mod-high v. good high medium fair fair good good
Late midseason
Glooscap high excel. high large v. good v. good v. good v. good
Jewell high good mod. large excel. excel. v. good v. good
Kent high v. good mod-high large v. good v. good v. good good
Lateglow mod-high fair high med-large excel. excel. excel. v. good
Late season
Blomidon mod-high good mod. large excel. excel. excel. v. good
Gov. Simcoe mod-high good mod. large v. good v. good good good
Sparkle high v. good high medium fair good good good
Micmac mod-high good mod. med-large excel. v. good v. good v. good
Bounty mod-high good mod. medium good good v. good v. good
Canoga mod. fair low large v. good excel. good good


Table 2: Characteristics of day-neutral strawberry cultivars in Minnesota.

Cultivar Yield
Potential		 Hardiness Vigor Fruit
Size		 Attrac-
tiveness		 Firm-
ness		 Texture Flavor Comments
Aptos mod. v. good v. low medium medium excel. fair fair  
Brighton mod. fair mod. large fair v. good fair fair very susc. to
fruit rots
Fern mod-high good low medium good excel. v. good good  
Hecker high good mod. medium good v. good good fair  
Selva low-mod poor high v. large excel. excel. fair poor sensitive to
alkaline soils
Tribute high v. good mod. med-large good v. good v. good good resistant to red
Stele Root Rot
Tristar mod. v. good mod. medium v. good v. good v. good v. good resistant to red
Stele Root Rot
Ft. Laramie high excel. high large good poor fair fair very suc. to
Powdery Mildew
Ogallala mod-high excel. high small fair poor good good  

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