05/20/2026
Welcome to another Did you know Wednesday series!
❓Did you know there are over 600 varieties of strawberries in the world?
🍓 These are categorize into three types depending on how when they produce: June-bearing berries (2-3 weeks of large, heavy harvest), Everbearing Strawberries (smaller crops, 2-3 harvests through spring, mid summer, early fall), and Day-Neutral Strawberries (smaller yields from spring all through fall).
Based on your requests, this week we will spotlight the varieties of strawberries we grow.
This season, we grow Chandler (previously featured, semi-June Bearing), Albion, and Royal Royce strawberries (both day neutral types, bloom and flower multiple times during the season).
Albion berries were developed by UC Davis, release in 2004 and introduced in 2006. Its name is after a costal city.
Albion berries are sweet, firm, tough against diseases, and contained less water than its counterparts, thus giving them longer shelf life.
You will most likely find these berries or similar variety types in the grocery stores.
Royal Royce was also developed by UC Davis in 2008. The variety was named in honor of Royce S. Bringhurst, a pioneering plant geneticist and strawberry breeder at UC Davis.
Royal Royce aka Rolls Royce, produces heavy yields. It often out produces its counterparts by 50% or more, which is highly marketable.
Similar to Albion, Royal Royce has long shelf life, making it commercially available to consumers. It also has high heat tolerance.
In comparison, Albion has longer shapes and longer shelf life (see photos). Royal Royce has more of a rounder shape, a bit more juicer.
As the strawberry season matures, we will likely only have one variety to offer, Albion.
As of now, we still have all three varieties. Though, Chandler berries have slowed down significantly, and will most likely end in the next week or two.
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