Strawberries, as garden strawberries are often called, are fragrant and tasty even without chocolate and whipped cream. It is low in calories and is a valuable source of fructose and vitamin C, and contains salts of salicylic acid. In traditional medicine, berries are recommended to be used for gout (salt deposition), rheumatism and arthritis, and inflammatory eye diseases. Berries can remove plaque. Mashed strawberry mask - a remedy for sunburn, for cosmetic skin healing. Thanks to vitamin C, strawberries have antioxidant properties. Only those who cause allergies (hives) will refuse strawberries. Do not eat berries for those who respond to aspirin. Small seeds cause intestinal irritation in those with colitis.
Choose the best varieties of strawberries
This culture has been known to mankind since the Stone Age. Breeders tirelessly improve the quality of the plant and produce the best varieties of strawberries. To get a good crop, choose them, because they are resistant to pests and diseases, high-yielding, large-fruited, have excellent taste.
Early Best Strawberry Varieties
Superearly - Desna (also very sweet). Under cover give a very early harvest Darenka, Joseph Mohammed. Alba (transportable, resistant to diseases, keeps the size of large berries even throughout the harvest), Octave (very fragrant), Cleri (Italian selection, dark cherry color of the berries, disease resistance), Rosanna (ripening), Kama ( winter-hardy variety, few mustaches, with full ripening of berries it gives a bright aroma and taste of wild strawberries), Divnaya (the name itself speaks of the qualities of the variety), Elkat (resistant to frost and heat, friendly yield, easy to grow and propagate), Munich early II (but good only fresh I), Evangeline, Sequoia Capital (allows seal landings and good for those who do not have a large area).
Sweet Strawberry VarietiesSuper-variety for aroma and taste - Vienna (high productivity, fruiting extended, large berries). Eldorado is the largest and very sweet berry of the early varieties, the bushes are planted in no less than 60 cm. Carmen is a beautiful berry with excellent taste, the variety is very fruitful. Anastasia is a medium-sized berry of medium ripening with rich sweetness; the variety is resistant to major diseases and many pests. Princess Diana is an English high-yielding variety, fragrant berries with dense pulp and a true strawberry sweet taste.
Large Strawberry Varieties
The largest is Maxim's Gigantella. Japanese varieties Strangol and Kipcha are popular: the mass of their berries at the first harvest of 60-90 g, the taste is excellent, besides, Kipcha is resistant to disease, undemanding to conditions, and shade-tolerant. Among domestic varieties - Moscow anniversary, the weight of berries is up to 80-100 g.
The best varieties of strawberries with high yields
New varieties from the Netherlands are Vima Xima (from a bush up to 800 g, few mustaches), Vima Tarda (a crop of more than 600 g from a bush, berries are ideal for freezing, the variety is resistant to disease and tolerates frosts). Of the old tested varieties - Zenga-Zengana (for the 2nd year it gives 2, or even 2.5 kg of delicious berries with 1 sq. M.).
The best strawberry varieties for disease and pest resistance
The first grader and Purple are not afraid of "strawberry" diseases and resist pests, are high-yielding varieties. Stable and Cinderella Kuban (berries with the aroma of raspberries). Good and hardy Anastasia, Solnechnaya Polyanka, Kokinskaya dawn, Sunrise.