Description
A variety that dominated the market for almost 40 years
Season
- Mid-season short-day variety
Growing tips
- Very well adapted to cultivation in matted rows in full soil
- Susceptibility to frost limits Jewel’s use in plasticulture and its rapidly diminishing size limits its use in soilless cultivation.
Appearance
- Dark red color and glossy skin
- Conical globular shape
Taste
- Very good typical sweet taste with good acidity
- Very consistent flavour that lasts throughout the harvest and is highly appreciated by consumers.
Caliber
- Large size on primary fruit tends to diminish rapidly during harvesting
- Very small calibre at the end of the season
Firmness
- Very good firmness and shelf life in refrigerated storage
- Harvesting time may be longer than for other varieties, given its good firmness.
Yield
- Good yield in plasticulture and matted rows
Sensitivity and resistance
- The vigorous canopy forms an umbrella over the fruit, making it resistant to rain and sunburn.
- Good overall resistance to foliar and root diseases
- Sensitivity to winter frost, especially with bare-root plants
Hybridizer: Cornell University (United States)
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Types of plants available for this variety
The fresh clod plant is a stolon raised on a multicellular plate and delivered in summer with growing leaves. It is planted in plasticulture, generally in August, for a very early harvest the following spring. In addition to excellent recovery in the field, the fresh plug plant reduces runner pruning work, offers better resistance to cold during winter and enables early harvesting of excellent-quality fruit. Available in August or September for orders received before March 15.
The dormant bare-root plant (frigo plant) is mainly intended for open-field planting in plasticulture or matted rows, for both short-day and neutral-day varieties. It is a strawberry plant grown in the open ground and harvested dormant at the start of winter, to be kept in cold storage until spring planting. Bare-root plants are available from April to July for orders received before December 15.
