Fruit Varieties and Horticultural Digest (J Fruit Var & Hort Digest)
Volume 16 Number 4 Article 8 Pages: 77-77
Year 1962 Month 7
Title: Midway and Ozark Beauty, Promising Strawberry Varieties
Authors: J. Hull and J. Janick Citation
Abstract:
Midway and Ozark Beauty are two
new strawberry varieties which appear
promising in the Midwest.
Midway (Dixieland × Temple), released
by the U.S.D.A. to growers in
1960, is a red stele-resistant June
bearing variety, and an outstanding
performer in Purdue variety tests.
It
has consistently been one of the higher
yielding varieties.
The large attractive
fruit has prominant seeds, and is
firm, with smooth texture and satisfactory
quality.
Berries are sligJttly
rough in the early season harvests.
Plants runner well to produce a wellmatted
row.
Midway is moderately.
resistant to leaf scorch, and resistant to leaf spot.
Ozark Beauty, an everbearing strawberry
variety developed in Arkansas,
has appeared very promising in everbearing
variety trial plantings in the
Midwest.
In Purdue tests in 1961, it
appeared obviously superior to other
everbearer varieties evaluated (Chief
Bemeiji, Ogallala, Streamliner and
Red Rich). The wedge-shaped fruit
was firm, glossy, had good quality,
red flesh and had prominent yellow
achenes.
The small calyx stands up
on the berry.
Plants produced few
runners, but were more prolific than
Red Rich or Streamliner. Jerome
Hull, Jr. & Jules Janick, Agricultural
Experiment Station, Purdue University.
