Origin: in Beltsville, Md., by D.H. Scott and AD. 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 62). Selection EB 18 inherited the everbearing habit from California selection 65.65-601 obtained from R.S. Bringhurst of 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 good, sweet and aromatic. 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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