Liz Strawberry
June-bearing strawberry
Liz shows consistently high yields, above those of other cultivars tested most years in trials in North Carolina. Can be an alternative to Camarosa.
Characteristics
- Firmness: moderate
- Fruit size: medium to large (16.4 – 23.3g)
- External fruit color: 53A
- Flesh color: 47A
Yield
Liz is a short-day cultivar adapted to the southeastern US with consistently high yields above those of other cultivars tested most years in trials in North Carolina. Liz is considered a midseason cultivar with yields peaking 4 weeks after the initial harvest. Liz continues to produce more fruit than any other cultivar in subsequent weeks.
The total and marketable yields of Liz were higher or comparable to those of the standard cultivars Chandler and Camarosa in both of our replicated trials. The total and marketable yields of Liz were higher than those of Sweet Charlie in all years and locations except in 2017 at the CCRS, where yields of both cultivars were comparable. In most years at both locations, both total and marketable yields of Liz were higher than those of Rocco.
Cultivar Development
Liz was selected from seeds from an open-pollinated fruit in 2010. The female parent was NCH 08-07, which was among more than 100 other NCSU strawberry selections in a planting in a completely random design at the Piedmont Research Station in Salisbury, NC. The female parent was an unreleased selection that was identified to improve the NCSU strawberry breeding program gene pool with genetic background from both eastern and western sources. The paternal lineage includes Chandler and the maternal lineage includes the eastern cultivar Honeoye and breeding selections from the University of Florida, University of Arkansas, and USDA-ARS in Poplarville, MS.
How to Get Liz
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