Strawberry Holiday

Strawberry Holiday
The main characteristics of the variety:
  • Authors: USA
  • Taste: sweet
  • The size: large
  • Weight: 11-12 gr
  • Yield rate: high
  • Yield: 1.1 kg s / m
  • Ripening terms: late
  • Appointment: fresh consumption
  • Description of the bush: large and tall, upright, compact
  • Berry color: bright red
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The overseas variety is distinguished by resistance to adverse weather conditions, unpretentious care. This is a late maturing plant. Large dessert strawberries turn red in late summer when other varieties have finished bearing fruit. High yield and excellent taste immediately won the recognition of gardeners. Included in the State Register since 1992. Holiday became the ancestor of many popular varieties.

Not to be confused with the Holiday yellow remontant.

Breeding history of the variety

Bred in the USA by crossing Raritan and New York varieties.

Description of the variety

Bushes are compact, tall, erect, moderately leafy. Large, light green leaves with slight pubescence have slight wrinkling. Peduncles are low, strong, located on the same level with the leaves. The inflorescences are large with a large number of flowers. The flowering is profuse and constant. The whiskers are slightly formed.

Ripening terms

The berries appear in late June or early August. The first ones are large and wide, the subsequent berries grow smaller and differ in a conical shape.

Growing regions

It is recommended to grow Holiday strawberries in the North-West and Central regions of the Russian Federation, in the Urals and the North Caucasus.

Yield

The species is considered to be high-yielding. From one bush, under favorable conditions, about 1.5 kg are harvested per season. Young plants give a higher yield, after a year or two, its number decreases. The beds must be regularly updated. Gardeners are advised to use compacted growing technology to increase yields.

Berries and their taste

The first wave consists of large berries with ridge-shaped tops. The average weight of a berry is 32 g, the largest ones can reach 60 g. The following batches ripen in smaller sizes, on average about 11-12 g. Strawberries are characterized by a pronounced aroma. Dense bright red glossy skin, aromatic dark orange pulp, juicy and very sweet, with a slight sourness, contains vitamin C.

Growing features

The unpretentious variety of Holiday strawberries is suitable for novice gardeners.

Drought resistance is considered one of the main advantages of it, but it must be borne in mind that with a regular lack of water, the taste and quality of berries will decrease. It is advised to water the bushes in moderation, with an excess of moisture, the berry pulp becomes tasteless and watery.

Watering is carried out in special furrows between the planted rows, but not inside the bush. A drip irrigation system is often organized. A productive variety requires abundant feeding. With timely watering and fertilization, the culture will delight with a plentiful and tasty harvest. Mustaches and stepchildren must be constantly trimmed, except for plants left for seedlings.

It can be grown, regardless of the season, at home on a windowsill in a container with a height of 15 cm.

When and how to plant strawberries so that they bring a rich harvest is a question that novice gardeners often ask themselves. The berries can be planted in the ground in spring, summer and autumn. Each season has its own characteristics of planting.
Strawberries are the most beloved and popular berry in our gardens. Even in the smallest plots, there will always be a place for it, since every year there are more and more unexpected and original solutions for its cultivation. Strawberries are grown in the form of a carpet, rows, nests, in addition to many different original options. Everyone chooses their own way depending on the area of ​​the site and its design.
Watering strawberries, like any other garden crop, should be in compliance with all the necessary recommendations. During the fruiting period, including the ripening of the fruits, the amount of moisture should be sufficient for the harvest to be a decent amount, and the berries are tasty and aromatic. If you neglect watering, or water little and not enough, then the strawberries can dry out. With excessive moisture, the berries can rot.
Speaking of pruning strawberries, most often it is the removal of leaves on fertile bushes that is meant. This is done to partially rejuvenate the plant, to get rid of damaged, diseased leaves, to prevent bacterial and fungal infections, to reduce the number of harmful insects.

Site selection and soil preparation

The soil for the Holiday variety should have neutral acidity, be light and permeable to air and moisture, and fertile. The plot is selected in a draft-protected, flat, sunny place. The culture quickly depletes the soil, so it is recommended to make a new bed in a new place in 3-4 years.

Two weeks before planting, the soil is cleared of weeds, dug up, peat, humus, compost, lime, river sand are introduced. If the soil is heavy and clayey, add more porous compounds, if acidic, add lime or chalk. The bushes are planted in a row with an interval of 30 cm, between rows - 40 cm. The frequency of watering depends on the density of the soil: water more often in loose soil, less often in denser soil. To preserve moisture, a layer of mulch is laid.

The soil for strawberries should be saturated with organic matter. The plant grows best on light loamy or sandy loam soil. Black soil and gray forest soil are also excellent for cultivation. It is undesirable to plant strawberries on clay soil.

Pollination

Strong flower stalks are of medium height, they have compact inflorescences with bisexual flowers. It is a self-fertile variety: pollination takes place without the participation of another variety of strawberries. Flowering period occurs 2-3 weeks later than the main varieties.

Top dressing

Fertilizers are applied three times per season: in spring - during the period of active growth of leaves, in summer - during flowering and fruit setting, in autumn - after picking berries. It is recommended to choose organic fertilizers - wood ash, compost, humus, mullein.

One of the important techniques in strawberry care is feeding. Regular fertilization guarantees a rich harvest. There are several different ways to feed strawberries, and each of them is designed for a specific period of plant development. During flowering, fruiting and after it, feeding should be different.

Frost resistance and the need for shelter

For the winter, the bushes are covered with peat, covered with straw or hay, needles or pine spruce branches are laid on top.

In order for strawberries to delight us with an abundance of large and sweet berries next year, they need to be properly prepared for winter. The set of measures for preparing strawberries for the cold includes: pruning, watering, feeding, loosening, pest control, mulching and shelter.

Diseases and pests

Strawberries have a high resistance to fungal diseases, with the exception of gray rot and verticillary wilting. For their prevention, they are sprayed with Bordeaux liquid or safe fungicides, the soil is regularly mulched.Of the pests, one must be wary of the strawberry mite. Treatment is carried out by spraying with "Fufanon" or "Neoron".

Birds love to feast on juicy strawberries, scarecrows and rattles are used against them, the beds are covered with light nets. Slugs will be scared away by parsley and carrots planted between the rows, nematodes - onions, garlic, marigolds.

Strawberries are often subject to many dangerous diseases that can seriously undermine their condition. Among the most common are powdery mildew, gray mold, brown spot, anthracnose, and verticillosis. Before buying a variety, you need to inquire about its disease resistance.

Reproduction

Holiday is most often propagated vegetatively - by young bushes, which are formed at the ends of the first whiskers of biennial or annual plants. Dividing a bush is often used when transplanting from an old garden to a new place.

A less efficient and more laborious method is seed propagation. The first berries will appear only two years after planting, and the percentage of seed germination depends on the quality of the seed and the skill of the gardener.

Nurseries and shops offer to purchase ready-made varietal seedlings - this is a reliable way to update the culture on the site.

Strawberries or garden strawberries multiply very easily. The most common way to obtain planting material is to grow young plants from vegetative shoots - whiskers. Seedlings are also obtained by dividing the bush.

Review overview

Gardeners call among the advantages the high yield of strawberries, excellent taste and simple agricultural technology. The variety is practically not sick. Many appreciated the late fruiting period - all the strawberries have long finished bearing fruit, and Holiday pleases the owners with fragrant berries.

Not all gardeners like the fact that smaller fruits begin to ripen behind the first very large berries. One of the main disadvantages of the culture is the complexity of breeding - the plant produces few new whiskers. Some note that the plant sometimes suffers greatly from the strawberry mite.

General characteristics
Authors
USA
Appointment
fresh consumption
Yield
1.1 kg s / m
Yield rate
high
Bush
The power of growth
vigorous
Description of the bush
large and tall, erect, compact
Berries
Berry color
bright red
Berry shape
oval
The size
large
Weight
11-12 g
Taste
sweet
Scent
bright
Pulp
orange-red, dense
Growing
Winter hardiness
average
Growing period in one place
3-4 years
Landing distance
between bushes not less than 40 cm
Irrigation intensity
average
Care
simple
Wilt resistance
high
Resistant to gray mold
high
Maturation
Ripening terms
late
Reviews
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