USDA Strawberry 'Charm'

Technology Description
CHARM has held up well with excellent yields in the second harvest season and therefore was assumed to be relatively tolerant to viruses. The most outstanding characteristics of CHARM are its high yield of easily harvested fruit with excellent flavor that were well adapted to diverse and trying locations. The fruit also has a full, balanced sweet-to-acid strawberry flavor.

Features & Benefits

  • High yielding cultivar
  • Easily capped
  • Particularly well suited for ice cream formulations
  • Tolerant for viruses
  • Excellent flavor

Applications

  • Fresh fruit market
  • Processed fruit market particularly for ice cream formulations

Background of Invention
Oregon State University is looking to commercialize CHARM, a high-yielding, medium-large sized, easily-capped, cultivar with excellent processed fruit quality that is particularly suited to ice cream formulations. CHARM is a result of a collaborative effort between Oregon State University Agriculture researchers and Washington State University Agriculture researchers.

Status
Plant Patent PP25,300 issued and available for non-exclusive licensing

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