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Charlotte Strawberry (everbearing) - Fragaria ananassa

Fragaria ananassa Charlotte
Garden Strawberry, Pineapple Strawberry

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The Charlotte strawberry is a variety that produces medium-sized heart-shaped fruits with a shiny blood-red skin and a very good taste. Its sweet taste, low acidity, and highly aromatic woody and musky flavours have earned it a great reputation among gardeners. Perpetual, it produces fruits from June until the first frosts in October. These strawberries store well after harvest. This creation is a hardy and vigorous strawberry, with good productivity and resistance to phytophthora, powdery mildew, and anthracnose. Whether eaten fresh, in a sauce, or in a tart, the Charlotte strawberry offers multiple ways to enjoy its unique taste.
Flavour
Sugary
Height at maturity
25 cm
Spread at maturity
30 cm
Exposure
Sun, Partial shade
Self-fertilising
Best planting time September
Recommended planting time February to May, August to November
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Description

 

The Charlotte strawberry produces medium-sized heart-shaped fruits with firm flesh and a sweet, slightly acidic taste, reminiscent of wild strawberries: woody and musky aromas. It is a perpetual variety that produces from June until the first frost in October. It is a 2004 selection from Ciref that produces a hardy and vigorous strawberry, with good productivity and resistance to phytophthora, powdery mildew, and anthracnose. However, it is sensitive to Verticillium. Charlotte is a reliable choice for the vegetable garden!

Strawberries can be consumed in multiple ways: eaten fresh, with sugar, cream, or sliced thinly and dried before being added to muesli or yoghurt. If you have a bountiful harvest, consider making jams, sauces, pies, ice cream, or sorbets. You can also freeze strawberries.

There are three categories of strawberry varieties:

- Wild strawberries or perpetual strawberries, producing small fruits from June to October

- Non-perpetual large fruit varieties, flowering once a year in spring and producing very large fruits around June

- Perpetual large fruit varieties, flowering twice a year or continuously, producing large fruits from June to October

Indeed, the wild strawberry or woodland strawberry, present in Roman times and the Middle Ages, was crossed in the 18th century with a species brought from Chile, resulting in different large fruit varieties through successive selections.

The strawberry is a hardy perennial belonging to the Rosaceae family. This variety has a stocky habit, with persistent, ovate, and dentate trifoliate leaves. It produces small white flowers with a golden centre that transform into large red fruits. Botanically speaking, strawberries are considered pseudocarps, with the achenes (seeds) visible on the surface of the skin.

For harvesting, pick the fruits as they ripen, every 2 or 3 days, ideally in the morning. Strawberries are delicate, so pick them with their calyx by pinching the stem 1 to 2 cm (0.5 to 1in) above it. The texture of the fruit is a good indicator of ripeness. It should be firm and yielding to the touch. Strawberries are rich in vitamins and minerals. They can cause urticating reactions in some individuals as they stimulate the release of histamine in the body.

Plant habit

Height at maturity 25 cm
Spread at maturity 30 cm
Growth rate normal

Fruit

Fruit colour red
Flavour Sugary
Use Table, Jam, Compote, Patisserie
Harvest time June to October

Flowering

Flower colour white

Foliage

Foliage persistence Evergreen
Foliage colour medium green

Botanical data

Genus

Fragaria

Species

ananassa

Cultivar

Charlotte

Family

Rosaceae

Other common names

Garden Strawberry, Pineapple Strawberry

Origin

Cultivar or hybrid

Product reference859671

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Planting and care

The Charlotte Strawberry appreciates rich, deep, well-drained soil that is slightly acidic. A few months before planting, loosen the soil and add a generous amount of well-rotted compost. If your soil is alkaline, add some turf and then provide a mulch made from acidic materials (such as pine needles or bark...). Remove any weeds and rocks present in the soil. It is preferable to plant this variety in autumn. Choose a sunny location. Strawberry plants are good companions for garlic, beans, lettuce, onions, leeks, thyme, and spinach. However, they do not appreciate the company of cabbages and other brassicas. Strawberry plants remain in place for 3 to 4 years.

In the ground: Space the plants 35 cm (14in) apart in all directions. Dig a hole, place the strawberry plant (the collar should be level with the ground) and cover with fine soil. Water thoroughly. If your soil is moist, plant the plants on mounds 10 to 20 cm (4 to 8in) high.

In a pot: Place a layer of gravel or clay balls at the bottom of the pot to facilitate drainage. Fill the pot with a mixture of potting soil, garden soil, and compost. Place the strawberry plant, cover with soil, and firmly press down. Water thoroughly.

 

Regularly weed the area. Mulch around the plants in the summer to maintain soil moisture. Install a protective netting before the fruits turn red to prevent sharing your harvest with birds... You can also place ash or coffee grounds near the young plants to repel slugs and snails. Water regularly, especially during hot weather. In autumn, remove dry leaves.

Apply compost on the surface in spring. In cooler regions, install a tunnel in spring to protect the plants from spring frosts during flowering.

The plants should be renewed every 3 or 4 years. This variety multiplies through stolons, small creeping stems that naturally root in the soil, forming new plants. To avoid exhausting the mother plant, cut the stolons and replant them if desired.

Wait 4 years before replanting strawberry plants in the same location.

Planting period

Best planting time September
Recommended planting time February to May, August to November

Intended location

Suitable for Meadow
Type of use Container, Vegetable garden, Greenhouse
Hardiness Hardy down to -15°C (USDA zone 7b) Show map
Ease of cultivation Beginner
Planting density 4 per m2
Exposure Sun, Partial shade
Soil pH Acidic, Neutral, Any
Soil type Silty-loamy (rich and light), Rich in organic matter

Care

Pruning No pruning necessary
Soil moisture Wet
Disease resistance Good
Overwinter Can be left in the ground
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