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Recommended Strawberry Varieties for Home Gardens (Adapted Statewide)Earliglow - Noted for its superior dessert quality and disease resistance. The medium-small sized berries are very attractive with a glossy, deep red color. The plants are very vigorous and productive. Earliglow is the earliest of the recommended varieties for Arkansas. Major disadvantage is small fruit size on non-primary berries. Noreaster - Early ripening variety with red stele root rot resistance. The fruit is large, firm, and ripens just after Earliglow. The berries possess a strong flavor and aroma when fully mature and are recommended for eating fresh or for freezing. Cardinal - A vigorous, productive variety developed by the University of Arkansas. It produces large, deep-red berries that have outstanding flavor. The "cap" sits up high on the berry, making it easily removed for dessert or freezing. It ripens a week to 10 days after Earliglow, but its ripening period is extended over a long period of time (3-4 weeks). Cardinal is resistant to most diseases in Arkansas. Delmarvel - A disease resistant variety with excellent fruit quality. The fruit is large with good color and ripens in midseason. This variety is vigorous and produces many runners. Lateglow - A high-yielding variety . The fruit ripens late and has large berry size. In addition, the fruit is medium-red in color, sweet, juicy, and aromatic. Latestar A large-fruited, glossy-red, productive variety. The fruit ripens late and has a pleasant, slightly acidic flavor. This variety has not been tested extensively in Arkansas and, therefore, is recommended on a trial basis only. |
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