Strawberry varieties, medium ripening. Part 1.

For different climatic zones, breeders have developed different varieties of garden strawberries. We have selected a list of the most beloved and successful medium-ripening strawberry varieties

Strawberry varieties, medium ripening: Vol.

A variety with an unusual name Vol, bred by crossing the two species Bova and Impair. The shape of the bush is straight, the size is medium, the stem is strong and powerful. Breeders have achieved a high rate of mustache formation in this variety.

The leaf plates are large and directed upward in growth. The ox is a self-pollinating strawberry species, the type of flowers is bisexual. Forms a large number of strong and tall inflorescences. Ripening period is average.

The main indicator of Ox is high yield. Usually, in the first harvest, Vol gives large berries of a slightly elongated oblong shape.

The following berry harvests are round in shape. The ox is easy to distinguish by its color: light red, with orange. The pulp is shiny in appearance, juicy and aromatic. All of the above is very attractive to this variety for cultivation in our climatic zones.

Zenith grade.

Even more unusual strawberry varieties Zenga Zengana and Redcoat have become biological materials of domestic breeders to create a variety Zenith. So what happened in the fields in LIISNP, by crossing such unusual garden specimens?

And the breeders received a compact strawberry bush, medium in size, with dark green leaves. The leaves on the bush are, as it were, wrinkled and folded into compact funnels, and also produce a waxy effect.

Another feature, few-flowered inflorescences are located at the bottom of the bush, even below the leaves. Peduncles of the Zenith cultivar are pollinated by themselves. The berries are round in shape, they can weigh 30 grams, of course, as you already understood, during the first harvest. Subsequent harvests of fruits of this variety are juicy, fleshy, the color of berries is red and shiny in appearance, weighing 15-16 grams.

These characteristics make Zenith a dessert berry. Zenith is a medium-ripening strawberry, high in yield, resistant to diseases, even fruit rot does not take it.

Mid-Ripening Strawberry: Cinderella

A variety with a fabulous name Cinderella, the berry child of the same LICISNP. Strawberry Cinderella parents, varieties Festivalnaya and Zenga Zengana. Cinderella turned out to be vigorous, and at the same time compact, she actively grows foliage, a little mustache.

A large leaf of dark green color, with a characteristic waxy luster. On neat inflorescences, large peduncles, there are few flowers in the garden strawberries of this variety, mainly located at the very bottom under the leaves. Cinderella flowers are large in themselves, with unusually twisted petals.

It differs from many varieties and the shape of the berries, as if cut off at the base of the cone. The weight category is also high - 25 grams on average, and in the first harvest the royal weight is 40 grams. Recall that Cinderella is a medium-ripening berry. On the palate, sweet and sour, the color of the berry is red-orange. Strawberries of this variety, fleshy, dense, dessert.

The final characteristics are also at an altitude, it tolerates the winter perfectly, the yield is high. Defeat with powdery mildew is not observed, but gray rot is a threat to Cinderella.

Variety Mashenka.

We approach the metropolitan varieties of garden strawberries. Among them is the Moscow Jubilee, among the common people - Mashenka... From the name it is clear that this is a variety of the domestic breeding school.Despite the indicator of ripening - average, Mashenka - high-yielding. In addition, it has increased indicators of frost resistance and is not afraid of fungal infections.

Masha is a medium-sized plant, with large leaves, bush neatly, not sprawling, and gains large and peduncles. The most distinctive feature of the Moscow Jubilee variety is the intergrowth of the flowers of the peduncle in two or three receptacles.

When ripe, it turns out like a strawberry fan, connected from several berries. The size makes a special impression, and can reach 120 grams. The magic of selection ends on subsequent harvests, the weight and shape of the strawberries become obtuse cone, a shade of dark red.

It is not surprising that gardeners love the Mashenka variety, not only for its huge size when harvesting the first harvest, but also for its strawberry sweet and sour aromatic taste. Masha is also grown for commercial purposes, as it is easy in agricultural technology and is perfectly transported over long distances.

We finish the first part of the article with a recommendation: after thinking about planting vast strawberry fields on your site, do not seek to breed a polyvalent. Stop at 2-3 varieties of this garden berry, with different ripening times. This advice will allow you to enjoy garden strawberries all summer, and even part of autumn.