Winter-Hardiness of Cambridge Favourite and Redgauntlet Strawberries in the Pacific Northwest

Abstract

Recently Daubeny et al.(l) reported on winter hardiness in several strawberry varieties and selections developed by breeding programs in the Pacific Northwest. Not included in this report were the reactions to low winter temperatures (-l0°F with little or no snow cover and frequent high winds) of two British varieties, 'Cambridge Favourite' and 'Redgauntlet'. Each of these showed outstanding winter hardiness and 'Cambridge Favourite' probably was superior to the most hardy selection. Yield data for each variety were obtained from 30 ft. rows adjacent to the replicated trial at the Abbotsford, British Columbia test site already described. In Table 1, yields from these rows are compared with those from rows of some of the varieties and selections from the breeding programs.