This is a handy list of most available strawberry varieties: you should keep updated though, since every year new varieties are bred, and they're often better either in resistance to pests, yield or maintenance requirements.
To understand which variety you should choose and how to grow it, please refer to our article about how to grow strawberries.
Day Neutral
- Seascape:Bred in California, seascape is performing well across the country. Large, good quality fruits are produced throughout the season.
- Selva: Selva is popular in California and Florida, where it produces extremely large berries. Has shown some success in the midwest, but not hardy enough for the northeast.
- Tribute and Tristar: The standards for day neutral strawberries. Extremely popular in the northeast and cooler climates. Very disease resistant and vigorous with good runner production. Tribute has larger fruit and Tristar wins for flavor.
Everbearing
- Fort Laramie: An older variety with good quality fruit that really does everbear. Runner production is good only if the early blossoms are removed.
- Quinault: A quick producer, 4-5 weeks, with good quality fruit. Virtually no runners are produced, making it a good choice for pots.
June Bearing
- Allstar: A traditional late season variety with a sweet, mild flavor. Vigorous plants and numerous runners provide for a high yield. Performs well in heavy soils and is resistant to red stele and Verticillium Wilt.
- Annapolis: A mid-season producer with good flavor and large berries. Can be soft in texture. Plants are very vigorous, with many runners. Resistant to red stele. Good choice for mid-Atlantic.
- Brunswick: A mid-season producer with good flavor, but the fruit can bruise easily. Good yield and vigorous plants. Flavor is similar to Honeoye, with larger berries.
- Cabot: Produces large, pale berries that can be irregular in shape. Prefers a rich soil and is resistant to red stele but very susceptible to gray mold and virus infections. Late season.
- Chandler: A California introduction that shows some adaptablility to the East coast, especially southern regions. A high yielder with very large fruit.
- Cornwallis: Mid-Season variety with medium sized fruits that have both good flavor and texture. Productive and vigorous with lots of runners. Resistant to red stele.
- Cavendish: Large fruits with good flavor. Ripens unevenly, especially during high temperatures, and plants are not the most vigorous. Resistant to red stele and Verticillium Wilt. Mid-Season.
- Darselect: A mid-season producer with long, conical berries that taste great, but can be soft in texture. Very susceptible to foliar diseases.
- Delmarvel: Good flavor and texture and excellent disease resistance. An excellent mid-season choice for mid-Altantic and south. No particularly cold hardy.
- Earliglow: Early Season. Firm with good color and flavor, but size decreases later in the season. Lots of runners. Resistant to red stele and Verticillium Wilt.
- Honeoye: A popular mid-season variety because of its high yields and large, firm, berries. The flavor can be tart and it doesn't do well in heavy soils. No resistance to either red stele disease or Verticillium.
- Jewel A popular late season variety. Fruits are firm with good flavor. Moderate yields, and susceptible to red stele. Performs best in warm climates. Suitable for heavy soils. Freezes well.
- Kent: Excellent flavor and yields, but plants decline quickly, lasting only a couple of years. Not a good choice for warm climates, since hot weather can cause the skin to toughen. No resistance to red stele or verticillium and susceptible to foliar diseases. Mid-season.
- L'Amour: Introduced in 2004, L'Amour has excellent flavor and texture, but no resistance to red stele or Verticillium. Mid-season.
- Lateglow: Fruits have good flavor and a firm textures. Plants are moderately vigorous and do best in warmer climates. Good resistance to red stele and Verticillium. Late season.
- Mesabi: Developed in Minnesota, Mesabi has very good cold tolerance. It is a high yielder with good flavor, but the berries do not store well. Resistant to red stele and somewhat resistant to leaf spot and powdery mildew.
- Mic Mac: A good producer with firm, good tasting berries. Vigorous plants and many runners, but no resistance to red stele or Verticillium. Late season.
- Mohawk: Ripens very early. Good flavor. Yields are higher in warm climates. Vigorous plants with good runner production. Resistant to red stele and Verticillium Wilt.
- Northeaster: A great early season performer, especially for Northeast gardens, but the strong strawberry flavor is not to everyone's liking. Good for heavy soils and shows some resistance to red stele and Verticillium.
- Sable: Earlier than Earliglow and equal in flavor. Texture is soft and should be picked just prior to eating. Susceptible to early frosts. Some resistance to red stele.
- Seneca: A moderately vigorous late season variety, Seneca is most often grown in the northeast. Flavor is mild. No resistance to red stele or Verticillium.
- Sparkle: Great flavor, but texture can be soft and the size of the fruit decreases toward end of season. Vigorous plants with many runners and some resistance to red stele. Late season.
- Sweet Charlie: Popular Florida variety with good resistance to anthracnose fruit rot. Bred for a high sugar content and very sweet fruit.
- Veestar: A Canadian variety that is very productive and vigorous, with good flavor and high yield, but no resistance to either red stele or Verticillium Wilt. Early season.
- Winona: Another Minnesota introduction that shows good cold tolerance. The berries are very large and remain firm. Plants are moderately vigorous with resistance to red stele root rot and most foliar diseases.