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Strawberry maidens... which variety?

Penny_ForthemPenny_Forthem Posts: 455
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Due to Hub's health issues, we have not been as diligent as we should have been in the garden. As a result, we've lost a lot of strawberry plants.
Been looking at Chris Bowers strawberry maidens on line.
Had a failure with some Sarah Raven ones last year (they did refund me).
What varieties, old and new, can you recommend please?

Beautiful North Wales - hiraeth

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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    I'm very fond of Mara des Bois a perpetual fruiting variety, so it produces berries over many months (July to frosts), but not lots all in one go. So not suitable for jam making really, but great for everything else.
    It's renowned as the best tasting strawberry.
    Over 15,000,000 sold every year in France mainly for use in restaurants. They don't keep well once picked but the aroma and taste is outstanding.

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • Bee witchedBee witched Posts: 1,295
    I also grow 'Mara des Bois' along with 'Honeoye' and 'Red Gauntlet'.

    All do really well here, and we've had lots of fruit this year.

    Bee x
    Gardener and beekeeper in beautiful Scottish Borders  

    A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    edited July 2023
    Thanks for those recommendations, just what I needed to know.  My only problem is that I don't want more than say half a dozen plants so if you want to share an order @Penny_Forthem, do PM me by all means.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
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