Topic: What is your favourite strawberry?

[bedrockdave]

make that 7 votes , marshmallow the best we've ever tasted ...and can be whoppers too,we've had them as big as the palm of my hand...Cant wait till next June

[angle shades]

Gariguette,Harpil,Cambridge Favourite and Mara des Bois for me ;D/ shades x

[anemone]

digeroo - t&m have pink flowered ones called florian f1

I tried the 3 plants of a few types thing but mixed them all up  ::)

This year i'm doing a new bed of strawberries named 'Irresitible'. The blurb says 'Best in Class For Flavour - The sweetest strawberry ever or your money back!' :) Has anyone else tried them?

[grawrc]

I have FLorian at home (v allotment) in a strawberry pot. They have been fine but I actually grow them for my insatiable cocker spaniels who forage in the garden. Maybe why I need an allotment?

[earlypea]

Do the Mara des Bois need partial shade for full flavour (I read the wild ones normally do) or as hybrids do they do best in full sun?

[tombrew]

Gariguette are the best i`ve tasted  -- didn`t think much of marshmello. Havn`t tried royal sovereign but they are said to be like gariguette but with a lot of disease problems.

   Tom

[Squash64]

Gariguette are the best i`ve tasted  -- didn`t think much of marshmello. Havn`t tried royal sovereign but they are said to be like gariguette but with a lot of disease problems.

   Tom

Thanks Tom.
I've already ordered some Gariguette ( and Mara des Bois and Cambridge Favourite.) Someone is giving me some Marshmello.

[Digeroo]

I have taken your advice and ordered some more strawbs.  Hope you are right?

[jennym]

I grow the ones that have done best for me.
Maxim, large and tasty here, but I understand not too good on sandier soils (mine is clay).
Bolero(an everbearer) medium to good taste here. Season long
 Symphony - briliant taste but prone to rots if crowded and not treated (which are exactly the conditions here)

Have tried the commercial  types like Elsanta, Hapil, Alice - NOT impressed with flavour - look fantastic, taste awful.

[Mike J]

Oh dear, planted some Elsante late summer 2009 - think I got them because they were said to be reliable, and mid season to extend my picking time, shame if they're going to be rather bland (still good for assorted fruit smoothies tho! Put Honeyoye in at the same time, so more hope for tasty ones there. Have been picking Cambridge for a couple of years - they are delicious, and cropped well too.

[GrannieAnnie]

Honeyoye isn't too bad... good crop, silly name...  :-X

Honeyoye from the Iroquois “Hay- e-a-yeah.”
(Don't ask what it means.)