Description
Albion is a day-neutral strawberry, which means it fruits continuously through the warm months instead of settling for one flush in early summer. Where a June-bearing strawberry gives one crop and stops, Albion keeps setting new flowers and new fruit for months at a stretch.
It also bears fruit in its very first season, so a spring planting can be producing before summer is over, and it carries documented resistance to Phytophthora crown rot for stronger, longer-lived beds.
Self-fertile and pollinated by ordinary garden bee activity, Albion asks for nothing more than full sun and a fertile, well-drained bed to keep flowering and fruiting for months.
Overview
- Day-neutral strawberry that fruits continuously through the warm months.
- Bears fruit in its very first season after planting.
- Self-fertile, with bee activity improving fruit shape.
- Documented resistance to Phytophthora crown rot for stronger, longer-lived beds.
- Grows well in a fertile, well-drained bed in full sun.
Growing Details
Latin Name: Fragaria x ananassa ‘Albion’
Site and Soil: Full sun; fertile, well drained loam, pH 5.6 to 6.5
Hardiness: Hardy to USDA Zone 4
Rootstock: Grown from runners
Bearing Age: Fruits in its planting year
Size at Maturity: Compact hill habit, about 12 to 15 in across
Ripening Time: Continuous through summer into fall, rather than one flush
Pollination: Self-fertile; bee activity improves fruit shape
Pests & Diseases: Documented resistance to Phytophthora crown rot
Additional Notes
- Grower’s Insight: Because Albion is day-neutral rather than a true everbearer, it does not stop and start in two separate flushes; it simply keeps flowering and fruiting for as long as the weather allows.
- Regional Insight: Day-neutral strawberries like Albion suit most of the country, fruiting through summer heat from the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest to California and the Pacific Northwest, wherever beds stay watered.
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