Evaluation of strawberry cultivars under sub-mountane zone of Punjab

Three different strawberry cultivars, Chandler, Camarosa and Winter Dawn were evaluated for flowering, quality and fruit yield related parameters. Winter Dawn variety performed better among other two varieties. Number of fruits/plant, marketable yield/plant, TSS, TSS/acid ratio, vitamin C and anthocyanins content among different cultivars varied from 14.2 to 16.0, 220.10 to 299.27 g, 8.73 to 9.10 Brix, 10.55 to 11.14, 55.56 to 59.9 mg/100 g and 57.6 to 61.8 mg/100 g, respectively.Above all, these varieties can be cultivated in sub mountainous zone of Punjab to cater the demand for nutrition security and to improve the economical status of the farmers.