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Enjoy the Sweetest Freshest Strawberries From Your Own Strawberry Plants

November 11th, 2011

One of the most favorite fruits in America is the Strawberry. Many gardeners love this plant because they are easy to grow and produce tasty fruit year after year. On average each plant will produce about a quart of ready to eat strawberries. When it comes strawberry plants you have three varieties to choose from.

June Bearing strawberries:

This plant is perhaps the most common type grown. It bears fruit once a year, and is well known for its very large berries. A few June bearing types include the Totem, Shuksan, Puget Beauty, Olympus, Douglas and the Benton.

Everbearing Strawberries:

This type will produce fruit two or three times a year. However the amount of fruit it produces is much smaller than the June bearing variety. Some everbearing types include Tristar, Tillikum, Ozark Beauty, Lassen, Hecker, And Brighton to name a few.

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