The opportunity to feast on fresh strawberries before the first frost is a dream of those who love this tasty and healthy berry. In this article we will talk about the most popular varieties of strawberry remontant with photos and descriptions.
- Albion
- Bourbon
- Diamond
- Capri
- Queen Elizabeth II
- Temptation
- Linoza
- Lyubava
- Monterey
- San andreas
Albion
One of the most popular and advertised remontant strawberry varieties "Albion" gives large (weighing up to 60 g) juicy berries throughout the season. It was withdrawn in 2005 by the University of California. Developers of this variety is positioned as an industrial, but it is intended for cultivation in the southern areas, such as California or Italy. In the conditions of Eastern Europe, the yield in the lower range declared (500-700 g per bush, not 2000 g), and the last wave of the crop in the open field does not have time to ripen.
The plant is resistant to diseases: heart rot, phytophrase rot, verticillium wilt, anthracnosis. Does not like heat - at a temperature above 30 ° С ceases to bear fruit. It reacts to drought by decreasing the number of ovaries; with an excess of moisture, the berries lose their sugar content and flavor, they become watery. Does not tolerate severe frosts. 
Summing up, we can say that “Albion” is a very demanding variety, which, however, fully justifies the effort invested by a rich and tasty harvest.
Bourbon
Strawberry (strawberry) remontant variety "Bourbon" - the result of the work of French breeders. This is a sort of neutral daylight and the harvest will be stable throughout the season: from May to October. A distinctive feature of the "Bourbon" is the stability of the size of the berries, which do not shrink with the subsequent waves of fruiting.
The plant has tall shrubs with medium foliage, a few whiskers. Differs large berries weighing up to 60 g, fragrant, with a slight smell of real forest strawberries. Fruits are bright red, conical in shape, with juicy pulp. Strawberry "Bourbon" is resistant to spotting and ticks, winter-hardy and tolerates drought well. Diamond
American variety bred in 1997, but still not lost its popularity. Bushes grow quite high, with a developed leaf rosette. On average, the weight of the fruit is 30-35 g, the berries are elongated, red-orange in color. Suitable for transportation, because the pulp of the fruit is dense and not too juicy. 
Strawberry "Diamant" is resistant to many diseases and pests: spider mites, red and white spots. Users note the high yield and unpretentiousness of this variety.
Capri
This variety comes from Italy. Bushes sredneroslye fairly compact.They do not bake and sun in the sun, they do not require shading. Mustache formation is moderate. 
Fruits are dark red, shiny, glossy, of medium size (up to 30 g). The appearance of the berries is marketable: beautiful, regular cone-shaped, uniform. Taste will also please even the most captious gourmet - strawberries "Capri" very sweet (and the sugar content does not fall even with an excess of moisture), fragrant, with dense but juicy pulp. Productivity is quite high, at the level of industrial varieties. When picking berries, the tail is easily broken off, which makes picking easier and increases keeping quality.
Queen Elizabeth II
A distinctive feature of this variety - the possibility of obtaining the first harvest in May. The popularity of "Elizabeth II" has won thanks to its large beautiful fruits: on average, berries weigh up to 60 g, but giants weighing up to 100 g often grow as well. Opinions are divided regarding taste, some reviews are purely positive, others note low sugar content and some "vatnost" fruits. 
Perhaps it depends on the growing conditions and ripening berries. Strawberry is suitable for any kind of cooking, retains its shape when cooked, suitable for freezing.
The variety is very fruitful: in one season you can remove up to 10 kg of berries from each square meter of planting. In the third year, the size of the berries is much shallow, the yield drops, and planting is worth updating. "Elizabeth II" is resistant to gray rot, spotting and powdery mildew. Fairly cold-resistant, but when harboring for the winter in spring you can get ultra early harvest.
Temptation
Variety "Temptation" is well suited for cultivation in open ground and in greenhouses. The plant grows compact, its leaves are dark green, forms many whiskers, the rosettes of which are able to bloom and bear fruit even without rooting. Thereby strawberry has a very decorative appearance, and it can be used as an ampelous plant to decorate a balcony or loggia. 
Fruits are bright red, round, medium size (weighing up to 30 g) - sweet, juicy, with nutmeg flavor. The variety is quite fruitful - up to 1.5 kg of berries can be harvested from one bush, on which up to 20 peduncles are formed simultaneously.Strawberry "Temptation" refers to skoroplodnoy: berries ripen in 6 weeks after transplanting.
This strawberry is frost-resistant, with amphibious growing rarely ill with fungal diseases.
Linoza
Linoza repair strawberry is one of the best varieties of Italian breeding, popular due to its high stable yield (from 800 g to 1000 g from one bush) and good quality berries (up to 80% of the crop is a commercial berry). 
Plants sredneroslye, compact, therefore, allows for a fairly tight fit. Actively forms a mustache. The berries are mostly large (weighing 30-45 g) and very large (weighing up to 75 g), bright red in color, with a glossy shine, egg-shaped. Sweet, with a pleasant aroma, the taste improves by autumn.
Strawberry "Linoza" is moderately resistant to spots; resistant to fungal diseases; highly resistant to powdery mildew. When grown on heavy clay soils, root rot is sometimes observed. In the southern regions of the sun berries are baked in the summer heat.It is advisable to cover strawberries for winter planting - the Linosa is not particularly resistant to cold.
Lyubava
Perhaps the most frost-resistant variety of those described here. The first berries ripen in mid-June, the last harvest - in late September. Like the strawberry variety "Temptation", "Lyubava" is well suited for the ampel cultivation. 
Fruit variety - with proper care will give up to 1500 grams of berries from one bush. Fruits are medium, weighing about 30 g, with dense sweet pulp, have the smell of wild strawberry.
Monterey
Strawberry (horticultural strawberry) "Monterey" is similar in description to the variety "Albion" - and this is its direct descendant grown at the California Institute in 2009. Strawberries differ from ancestors in a more delicate texture of pulp and richness of taste. 
Bushes are powerful, moderately leafy, with dark green glossy, shiny leaves.On each bush is formed from 7 to 14 peduncles. Berries conical regular shape, shiny, bright red. Gardeners note that the strawberry of the second wave of fruiting compares favorably in taste from the first and subsequent. A variety of fruit: from 500 to 2000 grams of a bush.
Frost this variety (like other varieties of California breeding) is afraid and requires sheltering for the winter and early spring. It is quite resistant to diseases.
San andreas
Like "Monterey", "San Andreas" - a descendant of "Albion", developed by Californian breeders. The first berries ripen in mid-May, fruiting occurs before frost.
Bushes sredneroslye, powerful, almost spherical, with erect peduncles. The leaves are dark green, with an oily sheen. The mustache forms very little, working mainly for the harvest. The berries are not very big, weighing 20-30 g. The taste of "San Andreas" strawberry is juicy and sweet, with a light fresh sourness. The pulp is dense, red-orange color. Strawberry tolerates transportation and post-harvest storage. The taste of autumn harvests is different for the better: the berries are sweeter and more fragrant. 
San Andreas, according to the originators, is resistant to fungal diseases and pests. The variety is southern, so the frost suffers poorly.Cultivation requires a fairly intensive agricultural practices (however, as for all remontant varieties).
Of course, it should be noted that it is required to apply a lot of knowledge and labor in order to obtain such indicators of quality and quantity as stated by originators of remontant strawberry varieties. But the opportunity to enjoy the taste and aroma of fresh berries all season, from May to October, is worth the effort.
