Strawberry Festival remains popular for more than half a century

Today, approximately 3 thousand different varieties of strawberries. The differences between them are:

• productivity
• size, shape and color of leaves and fruits
• Also, different varieties have different growing seasons, fruiting dates and other biological characteristics.

Some varieties of strawberries appeared relatively recently, as a result of the painstaking work of domestic and foreign breeders, others successfully bear fruit and enjoy the love and recognition of gardeners for many decades. So for example Festival strawberries was obtained by crossing varieties Premier and Abundant back in 1954, at the experimental station VNIIR (Pavlov).

Refers to Festival strawberries to varieties with average ripening periods. Productivity is high. This plant is classified as universal; its bush is compact and quite tall. Thick flower stalks are located on the bushes, level with the leaves or slightly lower. The inflorescences are compact, slightly spreading. Produces large berries when first picked, their weight can reach 35 grams, the average weight of berries from subsequent harvests is approximately 10 grams. The berries have a beautiful oval shape, a short and wide neck. The berry is attractive due to its extremely bright colors and shiny skin. The achenes are located almost on the surface of the berries and have a bright red color.The strawberry pulp is dense, juicy and brightly colored. Taste qualities are excellent, rated 4.7 points. The berries contain 7% sugar, about 1.4% acid, and also about 90 mg vitamin C.

Strawberry Festival attracts gardeners:

• low maintenance
• large-fruited
• high quality berries.

Strawberry bushes are moderately susceptible to diseases; gardeners note increasing infestation of the plant Wilt. The plant is unstable and powdery mildew.