Evaluation of Four Commercially Available and Six New Junebearing Strawberry Selections

Gail R. Nonnecke; Dennis Nicklas Portz; Brian Smith

Horticulture Research Station

Evaluation of Four Commercially Available and Six New Junebearing Strawberry Selections

Authors: Gail R. Nonnecke (Iowa State University) , Dennis Nicklas Portz (Iowa State University) , Brian Smith (University of Wisconsin–River Falls)

Abstract

Breeding of Junebearing strawberries for flavor, earliness, disease resistance, and yield is ongoing by Brian Smith at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. The objective of the study was to evaluate six new selections of Junebearing strawberries from Wisconsin and compare these with four established cultivars, Annapolis, Cavendish, Honeoye, and Jewel, under Iowa growing conditions.

Keywords: RFR A1137, Horticulture

How to Cite: Nonnecke, G. R. , Portz, D. N. & Smith, B. (2012) “Evaluation of Four Commercially Available and Six New Junebearing Strawberry Selections”, Iowa State University Research and Demonstration Farms Progress Reports. 2011(1).