Volume 49 Number 3 Article 25
Year 1995 Month 7
Title: ´Senga Sengana` Strawberry
Authors: E. Zurawicz and H. Daubeny
Abstract:
'Senga Sengana' has had remarkable
longevity for a strawberry cultivar.
It
was released in 1954 and still is the
major cultivar grown throughout central and eastern Europe and in the
Scandinavian countries (1,7). The continuing importance of 'Senga Sengana'
can be appreciated by the fact that it
still accounts for 80% of the strawberries
produced in Poland, the country second
to the United States in world production.
Between 70 and 80% of 'Senga
Sengana' fruit is processed.
'Senga Sengana' has a fascinating
history.
It was released from the program of Dr.
Rudlof von Sengbusch
who began breeding strawberries in
1942, during the second world war, at
the State Experiment Station at Luckenwalde,
near Berlin, Germany (3). Dr.
von Sengbusch had established his
reputation as a breeder of rye, hemp,
spinach, asparagus and lupin.
The first
alkaloid-free lupin cultivar was among
his accomplishments.
The decision to
breed strawberries was based on the
needs of the newly developed deep
freeze industry to have cultivars pro
ducing fruit suited to its purposes.
None of the cultivars grown at that
time in Germany met all of the industry
requirements (9). The program was
supported by the processing companies.
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