Strawberries - Red Chief - June Bearing (Fragaria x ananassa 'Red Chief')

Its deep red color and delicate skin lessens its shipping potential. The Strawberry Red Chief, Fragaria x annanassa 'Red Chief', a spring planted herbacious root, produces consistantly medium large strawberries year after year. The Strawberry Red Chief is a June-bearing strawberry that is very disease resistant. Red Chief's vigor and resistance to red stele, verticillium wilt, mildew, and leaf scorch, makes it suitable to almost any growing region and soil condition. The Red Chief has an almost perfect strawberry shape. You know you want this, so why fight it? The glossy firm fruit, which holds its size very well, is an excellent u-pick or home garden choice. * $7.95