Jewel (NS)

Quick Facts

• Type: June-bearing strawberry
• Season: Mid to mid-late season, following early varieties like Earliglow
• Flavor: Sweet, rich flavor with very good fresh-eating quality
• Berry: Large, firm, bright red, wedge-shaped berries that hold size well through the harvest
• Plant habit: Vigorous, winter-hardy plants that perform well in most soil and climate conditions
• Best for: Home gardens, u-pick, and local fresh-market sales
• Disease: Good general disease resistance, especially to leaf spot and leaf scorch; not resistant to red stele or Verticillium, so avoid heavily infested sites

Jewel is one of the most widely planted June-bearing strawberries, valued as a reliable, high-quality midseason variety. Plants are vigorous and winter hardy, producing heavy crops of large, firm, glossy red berries with excellent flavor that work well for fresh eating, freezing, and processing. The berries’ firmness and skin quality also give them good shelf life and handling characteristics for farm stands and u-pick operations. [web:121][web:123][web:128]

Unlike some older varieties, Jewel tends to maintain berry size across the harvest window and shows a relatively low incidence of fruit rots and foliar diseases, especially leaf spot and scorch. However, it is susceptible to red stele, Verticillium wilt, and b