How to choose good strawberries

One of the first berries, ripening in the garden and expected with impatience, is the strawberry. To get a good harvest, you need to determine in advance which strawberries are best for planting.

Among garden crops there are more than twohalf thousand varieties and strawberry hybrids, bred in Russia, Great Britain, Belgium, Holland and the USA. A huge proposal can cause difficulties in choosing seedlings, especially since all the proposed hybrid crops are positioned as good varieties of strawberries.

The correct choice of variety for planting will be the knowledge of some subtleties of growing berries and a preliminary overview of the most popular varieties.

Selective varieties are divided into early, middle and late. Early strawberries are a favorite delicacy of adults and children, late and remontant used for harvesting.

How to determine the best varieties of strawberry garden:

1. Each species is adapted for cultivation on specific soils. Good varieties of strawberries grow on any soil, except marshy and sour.
2. Some plants can be grown vertically, which facilitates the collection of berries and allows the use of strawberries for decorative purposes.
3. Good varieties of strawberries are resistant to various diseases and high humidity, frost-hardy, which is especially important for the inhabitants of Russia.
4. Taste qualities when choosing a variety are decisive, preference is often given to sweet berries, and someone will like a sour taste or tartness of taste.

Strawberry of such varieties as Elizabeth, Gigantella, Polka, Kent, Mashenka, Kamarosa, Anapolis, Victoria, Albion, Desna and others proved to be excellent.

It is necessary to stop the choice and on grades of a strawberry Elvira, Festivalnyj, Хоней.

Strawberry Honey is bred in America and belongs toearly varieties. The berries of this species are sour-sweet dark red, broad, conical and dense, which makes it convenient to transport them. To the merits of strawberry Honey is referred to resistance to cold, which is especially important in spring recurrent frosts, and the lack is susceptibility to diseases of the root system.

Another sort of strawberry early maturation -Elvira, bred in Holland. The berries are large and dense, round in shape. A fine variety that successfully grows on moist soils, stably tolerates cold and richly fructifies, while it is resistant to fungi. The strawberry pulp of Elvira is unusually sweet and fragrant.

Strawberry Festival is bred in Russia, butis also a success abroad. The berries are bright red and have a sweet taste, an elongated conical shape. The variety belongs to the medium-ripening, frost-resistant, but sensitive to gray rot. A plentiful harvest and a long fruiting period make it preferable to freeze berries and use for home billets.

The yield and duration of fruiting depend onquality of care for garden crops. Strawberries are best grown on slightly shaded slopes, thin out, getting rid of weak plants, and strong propagation by rooting rosettes. Whatever good strawberries you plant, without careful care and care is indispensable.