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Top Taste Strawberries
Strawberries are a taste sensation that appeals to children and adults alike.
As well as eating strawberries, growing them is also an enjoyable pastime as they are a great beginner's plant.
Always use certified disease free plants from a nursery as old plants can often carry virus and disease.
Strawberries:
- Crop abundantly
- Can be grown in tubs, pots and baskets
- Can be harvested every three to four days
- But most of all – they are fun!
Strawberry Alinta
- Fruits all year round
- Australian variety
- Large, glossy berries with a fine, sweet flavour
Strawberry Euroka
- High yielding, sweet, great tasting, large, red and glossy fruit
- Day length neutral variety
Strawberry Hokowase
- Sweet tasting, medium to large, wedge shaped strawberry from
Japanese origins
- Acid free and is sweet enough to be eaten before red fruit stage
- Produces early in the season and crops prolifically
Strawberry Imagine
- High yielding variety
- Sweet, great tasting, large fruit of a rich red colour
Strawberry Pink
- Rosy, pink flowers
- Flowers followed by abundant, medium sized, sweet fruit
Strawberry Red Gauntlet
- Medium sized, sweet fruit on vigorous plants
- Fruits over a long period
Strawberry Redland's Joy
- High yielding variety
- Juicy, great tasting, large fruit of a glossy medium red colour
Strawberry Schizam
- High yielding
- Flavoursome, medium to large conical shaped, red fruit
Strawberry Sumo
- A high yielding variety
- Produces super size, delicious, fragrant berries
Strawberry Sweetheart
- Bears a profusion of small, coreless, delicious fruit
- Fruits over a long period
Strawberry Tioga
- Abundant large, sweet fruit on vigorous plants
- Fruits over a long season
Strawberry Zdana
- Abundant, large tasty fruit early in the season
- Sweet fragrance
- Low acid content
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Recipe for Homemade Strawberry Jam
Ingredients
500g of your very own homegrown strawberries
500g white sugar
¼ tsp mixed spice
Juice of ½ lime
In a heavy-based saucepan place all ingredients and simmer until sugar dissolves. Bring to the boil for 20 minutes, stirring constantly. Allow to cool, then pour into warm sterilized glass jars and seal.
Produce your homemade strawberry jam when family and friends gather and wait for them to be impressed.
Recipe for Adults Only Strawberry Daiquiri
Ingredients
3 cans of lemonade
1 tray of icecubes
375g rum
1 tblsp castor sugar
1 cup of strawberries
2 cups of strawberry icecream
Instructions
Place lemonade, ice, rum and sugar in a blender and mix.
Add strawberries and mix. Add icecream and mix slightly. Serve in tall, long glasses and a huge smile.
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