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Freezing strawberries – what varieties to choose?

Check our chart below to select the strawberries that are best suited for freezing. You can freeze strawberries on their own or with a bit of sugar. Add 180 ml (3/4 cup) of sugar for every litre (4 cups) of chopped or sliced strawberries. Let the mixture stand for 10 minutes to dissolve the sugar, then transfer to freezer bags or airtight containers.

Annapolis

  • Availability: Early
  • Fruit description: Medium to large, light red
  • Uses: Fresh, frozen

Veestar

  • Availability: Early
  • Fruit description: Medium, orange-red, medium firmness, very good flavour
  • Uses: Fresh

Cavendish

  • Availability: Mid-season
  • Fruit description: Large to very large, red, medium firmness, lightly scented
  • Uses: Fresh

Chambly

  • Availability: Mid-season
  • Fruit description: Large, dark red, firm, very good flavour
  • Uses: Fresh, frozen, jam

Glooscap

  • Availability: Mid-season
  • Fruit description: Medium to large, red to dark red, medium firmness
  • Uses: Fresh, frozen, jam

Honeoye

  • Availability: Mid-season
  • Fruit description: Large, red, medium firmness
  • Uses: Fresh, frozen

Jewel

  • Availability: Mid-season
  • Fruit description: Large, red, firm
  • Uses: Fresh, frozen, jam

Joliette

  • Availability: Mid-season
  • Fruit description: Large, red, medium firmness
  • Uses: Fresh, frozen, jam

Kent

  • Availability: Mid-season
  • Fruit description: Very large, red, firm
  • Uses: Fresh, frozen

L'Acadie

  • Availability: Mid-season
  • Fruit description: Large, red, firm
  • Uses: Fresh, frozen, jam

Oka

  • Availability: Mid-season
  • Fruit description: Large, red, medium firmness, very good flavour
  • Uses: Frozen, jam

Orléans

  • Availability: Mid-season
  • Fruit description: Medium to large light red, firm to very firm scented
  • Uses: Fresh

Saint-Laurent d'Orléans

  • Availability: Mid-season
  • Fruit description: Red, firm, lightly scented
  • Uses: Fresh

Saint-Jean d'Orléans

  • Availability: Mid-season
  • Fruit description: Red, very firm
  • Uses: Fresh

Bounty

  • Availability: Late
  • Fruit description: Medium, dark red, medium firmness, excellent flavour
  • Uses: Fresh, frozen, jam

Harmonie

  • Availability: Late
  • Fruit description: Medium to large, orange-red to red, medium firmness
  • Uses: Fresh

Saint-Pierre

  • Availability: Late
  • Fruit description: Very large, pale red, firm
  • Uses: Fresh

Yamaska

  • Availability: Very late
  • Fruit description: Large to very large, dark red, medium, firmness, very good flavour, scented
  • Uses: Fresh

This chard was compiled by Dr. S. Khanizadeh, at the Agriculture Canada Research Station located in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu