Best tasting Strawberry ?

[Nyboy]

When I was a kid ,way back strawberries where sweet and juicy. So many times I have purchased berries that looked so good, but had no taste. Big deep red, but tastless, I know it is all about how fruit ships not tatse. I want to plant some this spring, I am in zone 6, What do you think is the best strawberry ?

 

[so lucky]

I think it will vary according to your zone and area. Could you check with your Extension office to see what their recommendations are? Or call the nearest u-pic and see what they plant. I tell you, fresh berries in the u-pic field are the best in the world. I took my grand daughters picking a couple of years ago, and they thought they had died and gone to heaven. "Can we really eat them here? While we pick them?"
I asked the owner what kind they were, and he told me, but I couldn't remember, being drunk on berries at the time.

 

[digitS']

There certainly seems to be a lot of varieties and the ecology of the region must be an important reason.

All of these fruits, it is so difficult to have much experience. I'm curious what opinions there are about the difference in flavor between June- and Everbearing. Are the everbearing the best chance for best flavor?

I have grown Quinault and will need to replace them for a 2nd time. I don't give them enough room for runners and so, they cannot handle that on their own. Quinault is a Washington State town with a climate a great deal different from what we have here. Still, those plants do fine and have delicious berries.

Steve

 

[Carol Dee]

Anything I manage to grow in my garden are better than store bought!

 

[hoodat]

The tasteless ones were usually picked green and ripened during shipment. They turn red but the fructose that makes them sweet doesn't develop properly when they ripen off the plant.

 

[lesa]

I think growing strawberries in sandy soil, like Florida- make for tasteless berries. They are huge and beautiful, and taste like nothing! I would go for some type of ever-bearing, NYboy. You will be astonished at how delicious they are!

 

[lesa]

I think growing strawberries in sandy soil, like Florida- make for tasteless berries. They are huge and beautiful, and taste like nothing! I would go for some type of ever-bearing, NYboy. You will be astonished at how delicious they are!

 

[journey11]

I've grown Ozark Beauties (Everbearing) and Sparkle (June-bearing) and I highly recommend them both for taste and also the hardiness of the plants. Just about any variety you grow at home is going to be way better than the store-bought berries. Those are bred more for their ability to keep during long shipping distances. Berries you grow at home and pick fully ripe need eaten (or made into jam ) within a day or two and are all about the flavor!

 

[hoodat]

Comes right down to it the tastiest of all are the wild berries. It's a pity they're so tiny compared to tame ones.

 

[Ridgerunner]

I remember picking wild strawberries in May and early June walking to the and from the school bus stop. Can't beat that flavor. Some afternoons that quarter mile walk home took a long time.

I think the everbearing and June bearing is a personal preference, partly depending in how you use them and partly on your climate. My summers are so quickly hot and dry the everbearing is not a real good choice. In a different climate it might be. I've had good luck with Cardinal but I haven't tried many varieties. It works so I stick with it.