Department of Fruit Breeding and Genetic Resources, Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni-Solan-173 230 (Himachal Pradesh).
In an evaluation study of 15 cultivars of strawberry for various fruit characters, Etna gave highest yield/plot (626.8 g) while maximum fruit weight of 9.97 g was recorded in cultivar Fern. Maximum fruit length (3.68 cm) fruit breadth (2.83 cm) and TSS (11.82°B) were recorded from fruits of Belruby, Etna and Blakemore, respectively. Like other characters highest sugar percentage at the tune of 6.47 was estimated in cultivar Tioga while minimum acidity (0.85%) was found in cultivar Addie and Pajaro. Highest postive significant correlation coefficient was found to be 0.84 between yield and fruit weight which was followed by 0.55 between fruit length and fruit breadth. All cultivars flowered in February-March, and fruits were harvested from April to May.
Evaluation, Fruit Characters, Himachal Pradesh, Strawberry
