'BAOTONG' - A NEW, EARLY AND HIGH QUALITY STRAWBERRY CULTIVAR

‘Baotong’ is a new strawberry cultivar developed by crossing ‘Benihomalei’ with ‘Camarosa’. The fruit is neat, the fruit surface is flat, the taste is good, and the firmness is moderate. The largest fruit mass reaches 44.7 g. Soluble solid content accounts for 10.3%. The fruit firmness is 0.58 kg/cm2. Compared with the ‘Toyonoka’ and ‘Benihoppe’, ‘Baotong’ is more resistant to powdery mildew and some leaf diseases during the vegetative period. Compared to ‘Sweet Charlie’ and ‘Darselect’, it ripens earlier and has a better flavor, as well as a higher capacity for runner production. ‘Baotong’ is suitable for greenhouse forcing culture in northern China.