Fragaria x ananassa 'Merton Ruby'

Cultivar

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Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous herb.
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Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Cultivation

Origin: in Bayfordbury, Hertford, Herts, England, by Hedley Williams, John Innes Inst. Introd. in 1965. USDA 3378 × Early Cambridge; cross made in 1950; selected in 1953; tested as J.I. 663. Tree: vigorous; upright; yields very heavily. Fruit: medium to large; short conical or conical; skin light red; flesh firm, light red; very distinctive; ripens midseason to late, with many of the fruit ripening at one time.
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Optimum temperature (C°) 11 - 24
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Vigor vigorous
Productivity high productivity

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Synonyms

Fragaria x ananassa 'Merton Ruby'