Origin: in Beltsville, Md., by D.H. Scott and A.D. Draper in cooperation with Maryland Agr. Expt. Sta., College Park, Md., and U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Introd. in 1981. EB 18 (MdUS 3082 × Cal 65.65-601) × MdUS 4258 (MdUS 2713 × MdUS 3364). Selected in 1975, tested as EB 60. Selection EB 18 inherited the everbearing habit from California selection 65.65.601 obtained from RS. Bringhurst, Univ. of California, Davis. The everbearing character of the California selection descended from clone of Fragaria virginiana glauca (= F. ovalis) collected in the Wasatch mountains of Utah by Bringhurst. Berry: medium to small, according to season, symmetrical, red, attractive; flesh firm; flavor sprightly. Tree: everbearer, bears in spring, again in mid to late summer and continues until fall; resistant to five races of red stele root rot and powdery mildew; partially resistant to verticillium wilt and leaf scorch; runners less freely than June-bearers, but produces more freely than the standard everbearing cultivars; recommended for soils where red stele root rot may be a problem. Fruit:
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