Both strawberries and strawberries deservedly enjoy the love of the inhabitants of Russia, who very often do not even realize that they are confusing 2 types of these delicious berries... But for both novice gardeners and professionals, it is very important to know the basic differences, because only in this way can a certain culture be provided with the proper conditions for growth and care. In addition, wild strawberries and strawberries require radically different conditions necessary for planting, breaking which bountiful harvest you can forget.
Botanical description of crops
Strawberries and strawberries belong to the Strawberry genus and to the Rosaceae family. The most common representative of this genus is wild strawberry, which is usually found in the forest. However, what is commonly called garden strawberries, or victoria, are also strawberries, only garden strawberries. True strawberries are actually considered nutmeg strawberries, where the adjective "nutmeg" characterizes the bright smell of the fruit.
The word "strawberry" was coined because the berries looked like small balls. Wild nutmeg strawberries still appear in Russia, Ukraine and several other countries, but they are no longer specially grown.
How to distinguish by external signs?
Strawberries, or rather, nutmeg strawberries, differ from garden strawberries in appearance... For instance, ripe berry strawberries look much brighter - their hue can be almost scarlet or even purple, while ripe strawberries range from regular red to dark brown. By the way, real strawberries rarely have a uniform color, since their color is brighter from the southern barrel.
A clear difference exists in the comparison of bushes - a strawberry bush reaches a height of 20 to 25 centimeters and consists of an accumulation of stems in the center and several side leaves, and the height of a strawberry bush varies from 25 to 32 centimeters, sometimes up to 40 centimeters. Although the leaves are also placed on the side, the whiskers used for propagation of the culture usually form the center.
Of course, the fruits of nutmeg strawberries are much smaller in size. One elongated berry reaches a length of 0.5 to 2 centimeters, while a garden strawberry ranges from 2 to 4 centimeters, and some varieties from 2 to 7 centimeters. The cut strawberry will be red, and the strawberry will be with white splashes and the so-called stem. Seeds in both cases are formed outside the fruit.
However, despite the fact that nutmeg strawberries are outwardly quite similar to garden strawberries and it would not be a special mistake to call both berries strawberries, they still have several different characteristics.
It is these points that will make it possible not to confuse such cultures. Real strawberries have berries and leaves that smell like musk. Her leaves are always large, most often light green with corrugated edges, and flower stalks rise above them. The berries themselves never look down. In contrast, garden strawberry leaves are dark green with jagged edges and medium to large in size. The smell of the bushes and the berries themselves is fragrant and not repulsive. The harvest of garden strawberries is always more abundant than that of nutmeg strawberries.
It is important to mention that strawberries always have unisexual flowers, while strawberries also have bisexual flowers. This means that the strawberry is capable of self-pollination, and that the insects that carry the pollen are required to reproduce the strawberry. Nutmeg has both male and female specimens. Males form only flowers with stamens and cannot produce fruit.
Female flowers are characterized exclusively by pistils, and the berries are set when pollen hits them. The strawberry flower has 5 sepals, 5 corolla petals and big amount both pistils and stamens. Thus, they can pollinate themselves and, as a result, set fruit.
The size of the berries in garden strawberries is much larger than that of nutmeg, but the whiskers of the latter are much smaller. Some male strawberry samples are completely devoid of them. Both flowers and strawberries are hidden under the leaves. In strawberries, on the other hand, such components rise above them.
The difference in taste
The taste of nutmeg strawberries and garden strawberries is different. The first berry is always sugary, even when unripe. Strawberries are often disappointing with excess acidity. According to some people, it tastes like kiwi.
Which berry is best?
It is impossible to make an unambiguous choice which berry is better: strawberry, garden strawberry or, for example, wild strawberry. But, after a thorough comparison, the experts made several important observations that can help to choose the most successful variety. For example, garden strawberries will bear more fruit than strawberries and have a better smell. But the taste of the berries themselves promises to be sweeter, just the same in the case of strawberries, because often strawberries have a sour aftertaste.
In size, garden strawberries outperform strawberries, as well as significantly outperform other strawberry varieties. It is important to add that usually strawberries are not afraid low temperatures, which can not be said about strawberries. However, it is extremely poorly tolerated by transportation, which excludes the possibility of growing for sale. As for the scope of application, it is approximately the same for all varieties of berries.
It is important to mention that garden strawberries are much easier to propagate as they self-pollinate, which cannot be said about strawberries.
In addition, strawberry yields are not outstanding, and it is often simply unprofitable to grow them. This explains why this culture is most often chosen in decorative purposes... Garden strawberries usually pleases with abundant fruiting and quietly exist in the same place for several years.
The composition is equally useful for strawberries and strawberries. Vitamins and other useful substances contained in berries are approximately the same: vitamin A, vitamin B, vitamin E, vitamin C, vitamin PP and biotin. The inclusion of fruits in the daily diet will strengthen immunity, have a beneficial effect on digestion, and activate excretion from the body harmful substances and will improve the absorption of iodine. It is worth mentioning that strawberries and strawberries show diaphoretic and diuretic effects.
Differences in cultivation
You shouldn't grow real strawberries in the garden. Firstly, plants of both sexes will be required for pollination, but the specificity of the culture lies in the fact that aggressive male specimens gradually destroy the female. Given that the harvest is harvested on women, it becomes clear that such a situation is unacceptable. Secondly, pollination is often difficult, because ovaries are not even formed on all plants. Thirdly, strawberries and strawberries should not be planted side by side - there is a high probability of excessive pollination and problems with the harvest.
Strawberries, on the other hand, are grown according to an established scheme, so most gardeners choose this particular crop. The plot for the beds is chosen very carefully, since the culture will have to stay in one place for up to 5 years. This is usually a well-lit area, protected from drafts. Ideally, the beds are formed in higher elevations, as the crop may die due to excess moisture. According to the rule of crop rotation, you cannot occupy those areas where tomatoes or potatoes used to grow.
Strawberries require a nutrient-rich soil with neutral acidity. To complete the first point, the beds are pre-fertilized with organic matter, for example, wood ash and humus, and to complete the second point, they are treated with a solution of lime. The optimal planting takes place in the second half of September - this way the bushes will have enough time to adapt to new conditions and gain a foothold with roots, and in the spring it will already be possible to talk about the first harvest.
It is important to mention that experts have bred a hybrid of the above 2 crops, which received an outlandish name - earthworm.
This culture bears fruit well, is not afraid of low temperatures and pleases gardeners with unusual fruits that have a bright purple color and a pleasant aroma.
Care for both crops is similar, although of course there are differences, it all depends on the variety chosen. The plants will have to be watered 2 times a week with water that has settled in the sun. Irrigation should be regular, but not excessive. It is also important to mention that the younger the plant, the more moisture they need, and when the process of flowering and fruiting begins, its amount decreases. After watering and heavy rainfall, the land is loosened. This, firstly, stimulates the transport of oxygen to the root system, and, secondly, prevents the development of rot due to waterlogging.
Periodically, planting will have to be weeded - the culture on its own will not cope with weeds. To prevent their reproduction, the soil next to the bushes of berries can be mulched, for example, with pine bark or needles. It is only important not to forget that these 2 materials require supplementation in the form wood ashpreventing changes in soil condition. Dried leaves and overgrown mustaches are regularly removed from the landings. Saplings planted in spring can also be pruned.
In both cases, the crop must be collected either daily or every 2 days, so as not to attract the attention of insects.
As mentioned above, strawberries are extremely rarely grown in summer cottages, but if the gardener nevertheless comes to mind to be puzzled by such a culture, then he will have to follow some simple rules. For example, you should not have more than 4 varieties of berries, both strawberries and strawberries next to each other. The existing landings must be separated by an interval of at least 30 centimeters; the same length of free space must be maintained on other sides.
In addition, the row spacing in the case of strawberries is at least 70 centimeters, and in the case of strawberries, at least 90 centimeters. Plots for different crops should also be different: strawberries grow better in darkened lowlands, and strawberries love light and hills.
For information on the essential difference between strawberries and strawberries, see the next video.
Strawberries and strawberries are 2 different plant species that belong to the same Pink family, the Strawberry genus. They are different in appearance, have different tastes, different terms ripening. Further, it will be described in detail how strawberries differ from strawberries.
What are strawberries
The strawberries that are grown in gardens come in two varieties:
- garden;
- musky.
AT wildlife strawberry grows:
- forest;
- meadow.
Strawberry is a small bush (20-30 cm in height) with fibrous roots. Over time, the rhizome grows widely around, each season forming young growths (horns).
Strawberries have three types of shoots:
- An annual stem is a horn. In the spring, the horn grows rapidly and turns into a miniature berry bush with a flower bud at the crown and a rosette of several leaves.
- Flowering shoots. They grow in the second season from a flower bud. A flower and a berry are formed on them.
- Mustache. They begin to grow actively after the end of flowering. A daughter rosette is formed on the antennae. And initially it just hangs in the air without roots (then touching the ground, they begin to take root). Further, a mustache grows from the first outlet and a second-order daughter appears on it. The process continues with rosettes of the third order, etc. If you stop controlling the spread of the whiskers, the plant is able to cover the entire area with a carpet, since one plant can give from 20 to 100 such shoots per season. Therefore, for the entire growing season, you should cut off the mustache 4-5 times.
What are strawberries
Bright green leaves are ovoid in shape, serrated, heavily pubescent with hairs. Flowers are collected in inflorescences of 5-12 flowers, depending on the age of the bush. The buds themselves are quite large (2.5 cm in diameter), unisexual. Pollination is completely dependent on insects. From flowering (May) to harvest (June) only 2-2.5 months pass.
At the time of planting, a young seedling has 2-4 horns, and by the end of the season it has about 10. In old bushes, these horns can be from 30 or more. The yield depends on the number of horns.
Description and differences between meadow and forest strawberries
Wild strawberry grows in the forest, closer to the edge (where the sun looks). Its fruits begin to ripen early, by the end of June. The ripe berry has a very delicate, red flesh and a rich musky-honey aroma. And even unripe berries smell. The ripe berry is easily removed from the stalk, so the crop does not need to be cleaned again. The berries have a lot of hard seeds. Due to their excessive softness, the berries are prone to caking. Therefore, it will be correct to collect them in wide baskets.
Forest strawberries can be successfully grown on summer cottage... It takes root well and grows in shaded areas. It is undesirable to plant forest berry next to its cultural relative, as they can be pollinated, which will affect the quality and quantity of the harvest of garden hybrids.
The berry is rich in many useful substances and trace elements:
- iron;
- pectin (up to 1.7%);
- tannins (up to 0.25% in the leaves and up to 9.4% in the roots);
- ascorbic acid (about 90 mg 100 g);
- carotene;
- copper;
- manganese;
- zinc;
- chromium.
Wild strawberry
A close relative of the forest grows in sunny glades - meadow strawberries. It tastes sweeter than forest and has no bitterness. The berries are round, weighing about 2 g. Until fully ripe, the calyx tightly fits the fruit, and in the case of a ripe berry it turns outward. It is better to pick not quite ripe berries, but for now their color is pink with white and greenish spots. But it should be understood that the berries are picked together with the stalks, after which the collected fruits are sorted out and cleaned of them. The ripe berry has a burgundy red color. The transportability of meadow strawberries is higher than that of forest strawberries. In appearance and taste, the berry resembles garden strawberries.
The difference between strawberries and strawberries
These two berries differ in the following parameters:
- strawberries are unisexual (bushes can be either male or female), and strawberries are bisexual (on one bush and female flowers, and male);
- the sepal of the strawberry very easily moves away from the berry, and in the strawberry it adheres firmly to the fruit;
- ripe strawberries are entirely red, very sweet and fragrant, and the strawberries are always white inside, even if they are bright burgundy outside, and the berry itself is sour;
- strawberries are very soft, and strawberries keep their shape and are well transported.
Also, strawberries give much less whiskers and, accordingly, less productive.
What is the difference between forest strawberries and wild strawberries?
Forest strawberries (or nutmeg strawberries) grow in the forest at the edges or along the roads. Bushes are low (about 12 cm in height), almost beardless. Fruits are spherical, small. The color of the berries is pink, turning red to the top. There are also pale yellow varieties. The smell is weak, nutmeg. Whereas strawberries have red fruits, somewhat elongated, with a very rich aroma. And the bushes themselves are twice as high.
Forest strawberry
The difference between strawberries and garden strawberries
Garden strawberries can be distinguished from strawberries by their berry size. For example, the Victoria variety: its fruits are 10 times larger than strawberries. Unlike strawberries, garden strawberries produce more whiskers. The attachment of the sepal is also different. In the first, it sits tightly on the berry. And also these species have different generic characteristics.
Strawberry-strawberry hybrid
Zemklunika - this is the name of a hybrid of strawberries with strawberries. It was bred by a domestic breeder - Kantor Tatiana. I managed to get a plant with best properties "Parents". The fruit is like a strawberry sweet and aromatic, like a strawberry is large and dense. We also managed to correct winter hardiness and disease resistance.
The bushes turned out to be similar to strawberry, but much lush and larger. Very good yield - up to 1 kg of berries per bush.
The best varieties
The most popular varieties for today:
- Anastasia;
- Diana;
- Strawberry;
- Chit;
- The merchant's wife;
- Muscat Biryulevskaya;
- Nadezhda Zagorya;
- Penelope;
- Raisa;
- Report;
- Student;
- Candied Muscat.
Of the above varieties, the largest-fruited is Kupchikha. The hybrid needs good lighting and frequent watering. Due to the size of the bush, plantings should be less frequent than those of the parent plants.
Zemklunika
In 2018, new high-yielding varieties, such as:
- Alba;
- Christina;
- Honey.
Raspberry with strawberry flavor
There cannot be a hybrid of raspberries with strawberries. Strawberry is a herb and raspberry is a shrub. But in East Asia at natural conditions a variety of raspberries with a strawberry flavor grows - this is strawberry-raspberry. She also owns the following names:
- seductive;
- chinese;
- tibetan;
- himalayan;
- strawberry;
- strawberry;
- dwarf;
- rosaline or rose-leaved.
In addition to the pleasant taste of berries, the bush itself has decorative value. It has beautiful pink-like leaves and charming large white flowers. Characteristic for this variety is the simultaneous presence of flowers on the bush, and bright pink large fruits, which taste like strawberries. True, the berries are not suitable for transportation and therefore it is almost impossible to find them on sale.
What are siderates
Siderata are plants that are able to grow green mass several times per season. The tops are mowed and left in place to rot and enrich the soil. Each culture has its own siderates.
Plants have the following effect on the soil:
- improve the quality of the soil structure;
- prevent the growth of weeds;
- enrich the soil with elements necessary for subsequent planting;
- promote the reproduction of the necessary microorganisms;
- saturate the soil with humus;
- free the earth from pathogenic microbes and pests.
What is strawberry green manure
Strawberry precursor
On limited garden plot it is difficult to observe the crop rotation or even leave some part of it under fallow. We have to look for other ways to restore the depleted land. This also applies to the planting of garden strawberries. In one area, it bears maximum fruit for 4-5 years. Then the berry bed needs to be updated. But before that, a new site should be prepared. These can be beds after:
- beans or other legumes;
- parsley or celery;
- garlic and onions;
- carrots, radishes or corn.
Interesting! To save space in the garden, it is very convenient to plant strawberries in car tires... They are installed in tiers. In addition to saving space, yield increases and plant maintenance is easier.
Siderata for garden strawberries
At the proposed planting site for garden strawberries, it is recommended to first grow siderates.
For garden berries the best in solving this problem are:
- rape;
- lupine;
- radish;
- buckwheat;
- vika;
- phacelia;
- oats;
- mustard.
Siderata for garden strawberries
During the summer, the planted crop should be mowed several times, moreover, there is no need to remove the grass. Just by decaying, it will enrich the earth with humus. It will be even better if several different crops are planted in turn on the site during the season, each of which will fulfill its function. For example: legumes emit nitrogen, mustard with rapeseed - phosphorus, buckwheat - potassium.
Note! Mustard and rapeseed are good phytosaniters, oats do a great job with nematodes, and calendula and marigolds - with verticilliasis.
A simplified version of the preparation of the site for planting berries
There is also an accelerated option to prepare a site for planting berry crops. To quickly restore the soil, you can sow some kind of green manure immediately after harvesting Solanaceae and mow several times before winter, you can also uproot the old berry bed and sow it with fast-growing green manure.
Strawberry neighbors
When planting various crops, their proximity should be taken into account, since plants can interfere with each other to fully grow and develop, and they can also have a beneficial effect.
Garden strawberries respond well to the neighborhood with garlic, parsley, marigold flowers. You should not plant raspberries in the immediate vicinity. During the season, she grows many root suckers that will sprout on the strawberry bed. In addition, they will pick up moisture and nutrients from berry bushes.
Can strawberries be planted next to strawberries? Plants can be planted next to each other. Without scientific intervention, they will not pollinate among themselves. But with close proximity, they can sprout on each other's territory with the help of a mustache.
Strawberry Victoria
The experience of gardeners in growing strawberries Victoria
Gardeners advise adding one new bed each year when planting. After five years, the first plantings are uprooted, they will no longer yield a crop. Thus, at the same time in the garden there will be 5 different-age plantings. Of these, 3 and 4-year-old berries are the most productive.
The choice of planting material
If you plan to plant a garden with your own planting material, you need to stake out more productive bushes in advance. Plants with many large and uniformly sized fruits are the most productive. It is from them that you should take a mustache for new bed... As soon as appeared suitable material - it is immediately transplanted. The best sockets are of the first order. The second and subsequent daughters will be weaker. But they also take root, especially if transplanted in June-July.
Important! When planting a young bush, the growing point should be level with the ground.
Frequent difficulties
A common problem: the bush blooms, but there are no berries. The reason may be:
- stigma frostbite;
- weed variety;
- lack of pollination.
To avoid such a problem, garden work must be started in early spring... Main spring events:
- cleaning the beds from last year's grass;
- loosening;
- top dressing;
- mulching.
Strawberries and strawberries have many distinctive features. Climatic conditions middle band Russia is quite suitable for the cultivation of most of the currently existing varieties of these berry crops.
Vlada
What are the differences between strawberries and strawberries?
Strawberries and strawberries are rightfully loved by the people. There are also very popular misconceptions associated with them that cause confusion. Inexperienced gardeners and gardeners get lost in search of differences between berries, which are the same in the photo, but have a different name.
Strawberries or strawberries? History of myths
There is an opinion: small and fragrant berries that grow in forest glades are strawberries, large homemade berries are strawberries. In fact, in the forest, you will most likely find strawberries, in the country - garden strawberries. In Russia, berries have been cultivated for over 300 years, forest varieties were grown in garden conditions. For a long time, even despite the efforts of European breeders, it was not possible to get large fruits from wild-growing forms until two American species of wild strawberries accidentally crossed in Paris in the 18th century. The effect is amazing: the new kind gave big, sweet and aromatic berries.
Attention! In the forests today you can find both wild strawberries and wild strawberries. They are very similar to each other, although they belong to different types... Apparently, therefore, when the first large-fruited strawberry appeared in Russia, it was mistakenly called strawberry. The name has firmly taken root among the people.
Differences between berries
To determine exactly which of the two wild plants is strawberry, and which one is strawberry, rely on the following signs:
Strawberry
- A strawberry bush is taller and stronger than a strawberry bush. Height - about 15-40 cm.
- Strawberries have a lot less mustache. Some male plants do not have them at all.
- In strawberries, flowers and berries are hidden under the leaves, in strawberries, on the contrary.
- Color: ripe strawberries - strictly red; strawberries can be pink or even purple.
- The strawberry fruit is more difficult to separate from the substrate. Therefore, in cooking recipes, the berry is used together with leaves.
Attention! There are very few strawberry varieties, while strawberry varieties are more than 2 thousand. Therefore, there are no garden strawberry varieties as such.
It is even easier to distinguish forest strawberries from garden strawberries: by the large leaves and berries of the latter. From a botanical point of view, the main difference is in the number of chromosomes. Strawberries have three times less of them than strawberries. Therefore, all attempts to cross berries did not bring the desired results.
Garden strawberry
Strawberry is a dioecious dioecious plant. This explains the lower productivity compared to strawberries. On the site there should be not only female bushes on which berries appear, but also male ones, which do not give offspring. Almost all varieties of garden strawberries are monoecious.
Garden strawberries, of course, are more presentable, but they cannot compete with wild strawberries in aroma and sweetness. In addition, the latter is resistant to cool climates, while strawberry berries are very picky about this.
Strawberry and strawberry plants are different. Everyone will agree with this. But how are strawberries different from strawberries? Botanists claim that the berry, which we habitually call "strawberry", is correctly called "garden strawberry", and strawberry jam is made not from strawberries at all, but from garden strawberries.
Strawberries and strawberries are perennial herbaceous plants belonging to the genus Fragaria of the Rosaceae family. Currently, 45 species of wild strawberries and strawberries are known. In the history of culture greatest value have the following types.
Wild strawberry common in deciduous and coniferous forests. It is harvested at the edges of the forest. As decorative and medicinal plant grown in gardens and parks in Europe in the XV-XVI centuries. The flowers are bisexual. The fruits are red, small, achenes are located on the surface. It is the ancestor of remontant varieties that have no industrial value, but are of interest to amateur gardeners, since remontant varieties are able to form flower buds on a plant throughout the summer.
Strawberry in the wild it is found in forests and meadows of southern regions of Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia. It is called strawberries because of the shape of the berries, which look very much like small balls. The second name of nutmeg or musky strawberry this plant received for the specific aroma of the fruit. It differs from wild strawberry in a larger berry, tender pulp, sweeter taste.
Strawberries have high winter hardiness, drought resistance, and are little affected by fungal diseases. Its main disadvantages are a small berry weighing up to 5 g, which does not detach well from the receptacle and has low transportability. All European strawberries are dioecious, female plants have only pistillate flowers, male - only staminate. Introduced into culture in the 16th century, several varieties were obtained. At present, it has been ousted from culture by garden strawberries.
Garden strawberry does not occur in the wild. It arose as a result of crossing Chilean and Virginian strawberries. Plants are monoecious, flowers have pistils and stamens. It includes all large-fruited varieties and weed varieties. Compares favorably with other types high yield and large-fruited, but more affected by pests and diseases.
It appeared in France due to a coincidence. In the early 17th century from the province of Virginia (Virginia), located in the eastern part North America Virginia strawberry was imported to Versailles - a large plant with scarlet berries, which are twice as large as wild strawberries. Chilean strawberries came to France a century later. In 1714 she was brought from Chile by the French officer Amede Frezier. They were distinguished by powerful shoots, large rounded leaves and very large berries, the size of a small egg... Returning to France, Frezier took several plants with him. Five of them survived. One plant was transferred to the Royal Botanic Gardens in Paris, where it was propagated vegetatively. From the Royal Botanic Gardens, several bushes came to the famous French botanist Antoine Duchenne. They were also dropped off in the Versailles Garden. After 6 years, by hybridization of the Virginian and Chilean species, the first varieties of large-fruited garden strawberry appeared.
From that time on, it began to quickly spread throughout the world, since it surpassed everything known species by the size and taste of the fruit. AT late XVIII imported into Russia large-fruited variety Victoria, named after the Queen of England. The name "Victoria" began to denote not only the variety, but the culture itself. Until now, in some places, garden strawberries are called Victoria. Often amateur gardeners, garden strawberries are incorrectly called strawberries, but everyone is used to this name.
Dredge... Attempts to cross strawberries and garden strawberries have been made since the beginning of the twentieth century, but were unsuccessful due to different numbers chromosomes: strawberries have 42, garden strawberries - 56. The specimens obtained from crossing were sterile, or gave sterile offspring. And only in the 70s of the last century, scientists bred a hybrid, called "dredger". Currently, varieties of dredgers are not widespread due to their small fruitiness. Work continues on the creation of new large-fruited varieties.
Candidate s.-kh. sciences
Ivanovich A.A.
When I correspond with gardeners or my articles on the care of strawberries appear, letters come to me asking whether I grow strawberries, although they mean large-fruited garden strawberries.
Dear gardeners, we all grow large-fruited garden strawberries in our gardens different varieties, and there is no need to describe its characteristics. In literary language, it is simply abbreviated as strawberry. It is her in various regions of Russia that is even now called strawberries or Victoria. Why are strawberries called that?
Many years ago, strawberries were grown in Russia. This crop has very tasty and fragrant berries, but, unfortunately, its berries are much smaller than those of large-fruited garden strawberries, and it is low-yielding. In appearance, this plant is very similar to large-fruited garden strawberries. However, there are also differences. Its peduncles (and hence the berries) are located much higher than the leaves. The edges of the leaves are strongly dissected. The flowers are white, pink and light purple, they are smaller than those of strawberries. Nowadays, strawberries are extremely rare in gardens.
Why, in some areas, strawberries are called Victoria?
For the first time, large-fruited garden strawberries were brought to Russia from America. It was brought by seafarers. It was the Victoria strawberry variety. When our gardeners saw this plant for the first time, they asked the sailors: "What kind of plant is this?" The sailors answered them: "Victoria!"
Since then, the name has been confused: some call it strawberries, others - Victoria.
In the 80-90s of the last century, scientists, crossing strawberries with large-fruited garden strawberries, brought out a completely new garden culture - earthworm. The very name of the culture speaks volumes about this. This culture is more winter-hardy, better resists diseases of strawberries, in particular, such a common disease as gray rot... Many varieties have already been created: Raisa, Penelope, Nadezhda Zagorya, Diana and others. This culture partially combines positive traits both parental pairs: its berries are larger than those of strawberries (although they are much smaller than those of large-fruited strawberries). She "took" a pleasant aroma and good taste from strawberries. But despite such positive qualities, this culture has not yet found wide distribution in our gardens. The main obstacle to this is the relatively small size of the berries - 7-12 g, although they are much larger than strawberries, but smaller than those of modern strawberry varieties.