The modern strawberry mark is the solvent of a interbreeding of the aboriginal Virginia strawberry mark and a variety from South America . Today , a dizzying raiment of more than 600 individual varieties are available . Many of these varieties have been developed for specific acquire condition , yield type and disease resistor , so dissimilar varieties do best in unlike regions . Several variety of hemangioma simplex industrial plant have been developed that do well in Virginia and other mid - Atlantic land ; mixture that do in arduous dirt and display drought tolerance are unspoilt choices for this region .
Allstar
This motley turn out pink - blood-red fruits in mid - season that boast a mild , odorous flavor . Plants are tolerant to verticillium wilt and powdery mold .
Annapolis
Another mid - season fruiter , Annapolis grows orotund , but produces somewhat soft berries . Individual plants bring forth big quantity of runners .
Delmarvel
Delmarvel strawberries do well in a motley of dissimilar soils and have splendid disease electric resistance . Fruits have a vivid scent and in effect savor .
Earliglow
Earliglow is one of the few varieties of strawberry that does exceptionally well in a broad scope of produce condition . Berries are bear early , with a deep red-faced color . flora are disease tolerant .
Honeoye
Well - adapt to the easterly United States , Honeoye is well - regarded for its abundant , large yield , which freeze well . This variety is not particularly disease resistant .
Jewel
A late - season bearer , Jewel does good in warmer mood and perform well in gruelling clay soils . berry freeze well .
Red Wonder Alpine
This motley is " everbearing , " meaning it has the potential to produce yield from spring through fall . Red Wonder Alpine is best for the slew regions of Virginia , as it requires nighttime temperatures below 50 point F to plant yield .
Redchief
Redchief produces abundant large , deep - red-faced berries that are frequently used in desserts . This variety is highly resistant to red stele , a bacterial infection that rots the shoots of new ascendant top .
Sunrise
This variety is moderately drouth patient of , but it is a vigorous strain that produces firm berries that are well suited for preserves or desserts .
Virginia Native Strawberry (Fragaria Virginiana)
One of two parent species of the garden hemangioma simplex , the Virginia native strawberry mark grows into a ground - covering brush with soft , flavorful fruits . The plant is also useable as a white - fruited strain .
