Hood strawberries can be grown in containers or raised beds as well.

Fruit flavor for Portola is excellent and especially consistent throughout the fruiting season. This high yielding, day-neutral selection provides a bountiful harvest from spring through frost.

Finn is moderately susceptible to Verticillium wilt, and susceptible to Phytophthora crown rot, Fusarium wilt, and Charcoal rot. They are listed as a "June-bearing" strawberry along with other varieties that produce fruit once a year in the same window.

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Post- harvest characteristics for Portola are similar to those for Albion although it is slightly less tolerant to rain. The flavor is acceptable and can be quite good under ideal growing conditions.

An ever-bearing variety. Horticulture professors at Washington State University track annual strawberry plant sales in the Pacific Northwest.

Jewel is one of the best all-around varieties.

Scarlet red blooms with yellow centers produce juicy strawberries all season. x}[Gr;#qf{.wp8$?! The natural pesticide spinosad, sold under various brands, is one of the best treatments if they do get started on your fruit, Choate said.

Let the soil dry out to the touch (up to the first knuckle) before watering and then water down to 6 to 8 inches. Sweet Ann is a glossy red color both inside and out.

In the hill system, keep 12 to 15 inches between plants in double- or triple-wide rows. The most outstanding characteristics of Tillamook are its high yield and very large attractive, high quality fruit. Low acidity. Hood strawberry plants are cold hardy in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 6 to 9, per the Oregon State University Extension Service.

One of the most popular Northwest varieties, Hood bears heavy crops of large, delectable, deep red berries. Hardiness:Hood Strawberry is hardy to minus 10 F. or below. Oregon State University researchers describe it as large, firm and light in color with a mild nontraditional flavor. Bareroot strawberry plants (no soil on the roots) are available at nurseries and through mail order in February and March. {=7p z&umx3t6Oa\?1(? Start a new patch in the year your existing one is in its last season so you don't skip a year of fruit.

Look out for sting nematodes and small flies known as spotted wing drosophila.

In addition, the variety is fully remontant in cool coastal areas of California, producing high-quality fruit all season long. Avoid growing strawberries in plots where eggplants, tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, blackberries or raspberries were previously planted, says the Clemson Cooperative Extension.

Refer to the above publication for more detailed instructions. Valiant is a new generation Day Neutral variety from the UC Davis breeding program.

Its also one of the first in Oregon to ripen, sometimes before pickers from California move up to Oregon.

Annual renovation is necessary for June bearers but not day neutral or everbearing. Latin Name:Fragaria x ananassa

The fruit from Monterey is slightly larger but less firm than fruits from Albion.

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The fruit for Portola is similar in size to Albion but lighter in color and somewhat shinier. Sometimes pale on the inside.

Plant starts can be found now and should be put in the ground as soon as possible, Choate said. Hood strawberries have evolved as the gold standard in sweet, juicy flavor among Oregon strawberry lovers. endobj

Valiant berries are exceptionally firm.

Use Hood strawberries for jams, baking and for eating fresh.

There are a few suggested for colder areas, as well.

At our retail garden center we offer seasonal fruit tasting, preservation and plant care classes as well as hold events in the community. An easy to grow variety that is great for growing in containers.

Use a balanced fertilizer with the three numbers on the front label equal or close to equal - 16-16-16, for example.

Spotted wing drosophila can be a pest; the best control is good sanitation.

Chandler continues to be one of the go to varieties for roadside strawberry stands, backyard gardeners everywhere and many commercial growers in the southeast. It produces large, firm, wedge-shaped fruit of beautiful color and quality. Oregon researchers call it bland.

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Plants will produce a full crop the next year and two to four seasons after that before production dwindles. Takes more heat than other varieties. The fruit is very firm and has a very good fresh flavor. What Month Do Strawberries Ripen in California?

Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. Jewels firmness and abrasive resistant skin make it ideal for shipping.

Fruiting plants of Ventana are large and vigorous, similar to Camarosa, but more open than plants of Camarosa. The strawberries Oregon grows are the nations reddest, sweetest and most fragile.

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Remove the debris, but don't rake vigorously or you'll damage the crowns.

Cut off all runners every two to three weeks.

Monday Friday: 10:00am 4:00pm PST. This variety tolerates acidic soil and requires minimal care except weeding.

A reliable variety that is easy to grow & a great producer. The fruit ripens midseason.

Site and Soil:Strawberries like 1/2 day to full sun and well drained soil. One downside of this variety is that it produces a lot of runners that must be cut in order to maintain high production. rq~i.\U_T{b=_}o

Florida Strawberry Festival is a short day cultivar.

Monterey has a good disease resistant profile, although it is susceptible to powdery mildew (Sphaerotheca macularis).

These crops are susceptible to verticillium wilt, which can remain in the soil and infect new strawberry plantings.

Ventana is a short-day (June bearing) cultivar similar to Camarosa. The varieties Hood, Rainier, Shuksan, Mary's Peak and Totem produce larger fruits and yields during a single period in the growing season. Hood is a pacific northwestern variety characterized by fruit borne well above the soil on strong, upright clusters. Produces large conical shaped berries that are very sweet in taste.

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Everbearing. For June bearing, Choate likes 'Hood,' which gives one good flush of berries in June and July and is the standard bearer for flavor.

External and internal fruit color for Camino Real is darker than Camarosa. Royal Royce produces huge yields over a full season. This variety is heat & rain tolerant but does downsize late in the season.

The fruit is great for recipes calling for strawberries.

The fruit firmness is greater than Sweet Ann, Lucia and Ruby June. Seascape is a dependable standard in the strawberry industry. It has a uniformly conic shape throughout its production cycle. Subjectively, Camino Real has very good flavor. Fronteras is a large and vigorous plant, more so than the short day variety Ventana in use for many years by growers.

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According to the Oregon Strawberry Commission, Hood strawberries must be consumed fresh, used in baking or turned into jam within a few hours of being picked. It is resistant to Verticillium wilt, Phytophthora crown rot and somewhat resistant to Anthracnose crown rot.

When ripe, they are much softer in texture than other varieties, and need to be eaten fresh or used in jams or baking within hours of being picked. Albion fruit is firm and is dark red inside and out. Begonia Grandis A tropical treasure that is completely hardy for the northwest.

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Our June Bearing selection is particularly focused on growing in the Pacific Northwest but will do well in similar zones or climates.

Low Acid. Retail Garden Center: Use in ground or as an excellent variety for pots/baskets as well.

The California Strawberry Commission describes that flavor as a distinct sweet aftertaste., Also an everbearing variety, the San Andreas is slightly lighter than the Albion in color. %

If you prefer smaller but more plentiful berries, allow each "mother" plant to produce a few runners each year that will bear new plants, clustered around the mother. Plants of Tillamook are vigorous and hold up well into the second harvest season suggesting some virus tolerance. The skin is glossy bright medium red.

Tillamook has good processing characteristics.

The plants can be vigorous and productive, but also hard to grow. A Pacific Northwest variety from USDA-ARS (Oregon) that was collaboratively developed with OSU and WSU researchers. Don't set strawberries where tomatoes, peppers, eggplants and other members of the nightshade family have recently grown, because these vegetables are vulnerable to many of the same diseases.

They are usually grown in what is known as a matted row system, with rows that are 3 to 4 feet apart when measuring from the center of the row. It produces tiny white berries packed with LOTS of FLAVOR!

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The fruit of Sierra ripens nearly up to the calyx and there is no unripe shoulder. It is an excellent choice for the organic production systems. The plant is medium in size making harvest easy. ?d2W($&>!Ir6VqZi:^%](fSys Dh%Is:6z7:

Plant vigor for San Andreas is somewhat higher than for Albion early in the season but plant size throughout the fruiting season is similar to Albion due to its high and consistent productivity.

Ruby June has the darkest exterior and interior color of any of Lassen Canyons varieties. Victor is a new release from the UC Davis breeding program.

It is good for u-pick, fresh shipping and long season yields.

Strawberries are susceptible to a number of fungal diseases, such as gray mold, anthracnose crown rot and powdery mildew, to name just a few. Between Lucia, Ruby June and Scarlet, Ruby June is the strongest short-day variety that is more compact and has tighter plant architecture and leaf structure than Lucia and Scarlet.

More varieties are recommended in Extension's Strawberry Cultivars for Western Oregon and Washington. Everbearing, meaning you will have berries to pick all summer long.

It's best to wait until runners have formed "daughter" plants but have not rooted. Sierra berries also contain a sweet strawberry flavor. The first thing you need to know is what type of strawberry you want: June bearing, everbearing or day neutral. Don't use an overhead watering system, which can lead to fungal disease.

All strawberries grow best in full sun and in soil that has a pH between 6.0 and 6.5. The California Strawberry Commission calls it exceptional in appearance., Also a popular variety in Oregon, the Albion is sometimes pale on the inside.

Hood strawberries (Fragaria x ananassa 'Hood') are a popular variety of the garden strawberry named after the region in Oregon where they were first cultivated.

Use 2 pounds of this mix per 100 feet of row in early spring and 3 pounds after harvesting the strawberries.

Valiant shows potential for big early season production, yielding roughly 68% higher yields than a comparable San Andreas.

We support local food sovereignty- grow your own One Green World! Victor berries are exceptionally firm.

Flavorful and durable, the most popular strawberry in Oregon bears large to very large berries that pickers love because theyre easier to find and pluck, meaning they can make more money.

Don't saturate the soil - strawberries dislike wet feet.

An ever-bearing variety. Chandler produces semi-early delicious sweet fruit.

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However, they will stop producing during the peak of summer heat and after frost. Portola has a good disease resistance profile.

San Andreas is a moderate day-neutral with a production pattern very similar to Albion.

Finn is the newest extreme day neutral cultivar from the UC Davis Strawberry breeding program.

Finn produces marketable yields similar to Portola.

Fruit from Albion is typically long, conical, and very symmetrical. Albion is resistant to Verticillium wilt (Verticillium dahliae) and Phytophthora crown rot (Phytophthora cactorum), and relatively resistant to Anthracnose crown rot (Colletotrichum acutatum). Camino Real is susceptible to common leaf spot and sensitive to powdery mildew. It has shorter plant architecture then either Lucia or Sweet Ann.

As the name implies June-bearing plants produce berries primarily in June; everbearing in early summer and fall with not much in between; and day neutral yield all summer except during very hot periods when temperatures get above 90.

Perfect as a border plant or grown in pots, these ornamental berries will have you cooking up all kinds of delicious treats! She holds a B.A.

This cultivar shows good resistance to Fusarium & Phytophthora.

The flavor of San Andreas is outstanding similar to Albion. L(=!cV0e P{W!B& How to Grow Late Fall Strawberry Varieties, Oregon State University Extension Service, University of Massachusetts Extension Fruit Program, Oregon State University Extension Service: Growing Strawberries in Your Home Garden, Clemson Cooperative Extension: Growing Strawberries, University of Massachusetts Extension Fruit Program: Strawberries - Insects, How to grow your own herb garden in any indoor or outdoor space. It does have a high nitrogen requirement.

A heavy producing variety that is great for growing in containers. We offer unique and rare fruit and nut trees, shrubs, and vines.

Note to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links we may earn a commission. If youve heard of one variety of Oregon strawberry, its probably the beloved Hood! A high-yielding, large-fruited, mid-season cultivar with very high fruit quality that is suited to the fresh and processed markets.

Victor plants are compact.

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This strawberry cultivar has high early-season yields and good fruit size throughout the main production period in Florida and southwest Spain.

Diseases are often introduced in new plants, so purchasing certified disease-free plants is key. Use a garden tool or broom to sweep fertilizer off leaves and always water after feeding.

Matted-row is preferred for June bearers and hill for day neutral and everbearers. The fruit is outstanding for both fresh market and processing. Sweet, firm, and delicious, Hood berries are great for fresh eating, preserves and freezing for mid winter treats. Royal Royce berries are firm, producing larger fruit than San Andreas. Percentage of new Oregon strawberry plants in 2015: 8.

Ruby June is gaining a reputation as a plant that produces consistently sweet and tasty berries, perfect for the southeast United States.

One of the most popular Northwest varieties, Hood Strawberry bears heavy crops of large, delectable, deep red berries.

Seascape also has flexibility in planting requirements, such that it does not require as much chill hours to set fruit, which makes this suitable for warmer climates.

A great variety to grow in pots.

It is somewhat later to initiate fruiting with most cultural treatments, however.

Sweet Ann seems quite disease resistant to everything but fusarium wilt.

Readily available in the everbearing category is 'Quinault,' though it's not as sweet as others. Due to a strong flowering response, Portola is especially well adapted to spring and summer planting systems. Bird netting is important. Interior color of Camarosa is a brilliant red and fruit colors uniformly. Introduced in 1965, Mt.

Cabrillo is a moderately strong flowering variety that is adaptable to both winter & summer plantings. Here are the five most popular varieties grown in Oregon. ALBION EVERBEARING STRAWBERRY (Fragaria sp.). The Oregon Strawberry Commission (OSC) was established in 1967 and was the first Oregon berry commission to be created by the state. In many cases, insecticide applications are necessary to prevent pests from destroying Hood strawberry plants. ^~~6n"k-Ko[ 7}}w+woo|iK2{=^uOX7_noI9Ky[boU?~nUB=G}~kEU>N7QB/u7$zMK=k3Ko|'O9Qb 0f|RY RG^I&riXh,_FS),_B|32?lZ.)~J|--]r[~}w-7oME7}y={}oCoonam?{'5M.:R76w/eo{Vzfo{n7`^ah6T25_n`c~gzowozlonUL9a^zf?

The largest fruits are generally from June bearing varieties.

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Known for large fruit size, exceptional fruit quality & excellent sweet flavor, Diamante is ideal for eating fresh or using in preserves or pies, & is a popular choice for chocolate covered strawberries.

This cultivar is a day neutral variety excelling in its use for summer planting. Since beginning her career as a professional journalist in 2007, Nathalie Alonso has covered a myriad of topics, including arts, culture and travel, for newspapers and magazines in New York City. Check the label and divide the overall amount recommended by the number of applications needed throughout the season.

Sweet, firm, and delicious, Hood berries are great for fresh eating, preserves and freezing for mid winter treats.

June-bearing. Seascape produces large berries with excellent flavor over a long season, but is concentrated in late spring with high yields in the fall.

This plant developed at the University of California, Davis, produces large, firm berries. CORVALLIS, Ore. - Whether dipped in chocolate, tossed in a fruit salad or eaten naked, strawberries say summer in a big way.

An ever-bearing variety that has heavy fruiting in summer & again in the fall.

Fruit size and firmness is comparable to that of Albion, as well as San Andreas with greater individual plant yields and offers outstanding flavor.

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This vigorous plant produces large to very large firm fruit throughout most of its fruiting cycle. As the original plants age -- every three or four years -- remove them and allow the next generation to produce their own baby plants. I have always been drawn to begonias. Plant in full sun for best production.

It has medium firmness with a good acid-sugar balance and very sweet taste. Aisles should be 1 1/2 to 2 feet wide.

Keep newly set strawberries well irrigated with about 1 to 11/2 inches of water a week.

The berry is large, round and conic. The fruit is not as uniform as Lucia but still maintains high fruit quality good size and flavor throughout the harvest season.

Royal Royce is a new generation day neutral from UC Davis. June-bearing strawberries should only be fertilized in the spring if the plants appear weak, says the Oregon State University Extension Service.

Sweet Ann is a vigorous plant with high productivity and exceptional flavor. Developed in 1970 at Washington State University after a bad winter freeze, the Shuksan withstands cold and has red color throughout the berry.

Sweet Charlie has anthracnose tolerance and does well in southern states and in China.