Fragaria x ananassa 'Merit'

Cultivar

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Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous herb.
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Cultivation

Everbearing strawberry adapted to coastal central California. Origin: Plant Sciences, Inc., Watsonville, CA, by S.M. Ackerman, S.D. Nelson, M.D. Nelson. PS-2880 × PS-4630, crossed 2001; selected in Ventura County, CA, 2003; USPP 23,745, 16 July 2013. Tree: moderate vigor, few stolons, 2.4/plant; moderate yield, 503 g/plant; small globose, medium density; flowers above foliage, prostrate fruiting trusses; moderately resistant to bacterial angular leaf spot; moderately susceptible to two-spotted spider mite, flower thrips, powdery mildew, Botrytis fruit rot. Fruit: glossy orange-red to red (RHS 34B); small, 18.1 g; uniform conic; moderately firm, orange-red (RHS 34C) flesh, good to very good flavor (8.8 °Brix); mid-sized inset spreading calyx; surface achenes; late season.
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Synonyms

Fragaria x ananassa 'Merit'