Mara Des Bois Strawberry
Mara des bois strawberry was developed by a french breeding program.
Mara des bois strawberry. Planting bare root plants. Over 15 million strawberry mara de bois plants are bought in france each year increasing home grown harvests by 10 000 tonnes every summer. Wild strawberry mara des bois alpine strawberry mara des bois fraise des bois mara des bois wood strawberry mara des bois grows up to 12 18 in. To grow in rows space strawberry plants 18 24 inches apart in rows 3 5 feet apart.
This makes the grocery store strawberry taste like cardboard and the farmer s market strawberry seem like an overpriced juice box with a stem. It s a fairly new hybrid of the regular garden strawberry fragaria ananassa developed for its intense flavor by strawberry breeder jacques marionnet 1 and introduced as a patented variety in france in 1991. Their exterior boasts a glossy sheen and prominent seeds. Trim roots to 3 inches long and pick off any blossoms or dead leaves.
This distant relative of the woodland strawberry produces aromatic fruits about the size of acorns with a rich sweet flavor and tender flesh. A french nursery introduced mara des bois back in 1991 and it has become wildly popular in markets in that country where the berries bring a premium price. This unique variety combines modern vigour and the cropping potential of commercial varieties with the intense aromatic flavours of woodland and alpine varieties. Mara des bois produces runners side stems with daughter plants attached.
This type of strawberry is often grown in a matted row system which takes advantage of the runners to increase the number of plants and thus increase the yield of fruit. Mara des bois strawberries have a round slightly conical shape and deep red color. This variety produces small to medium fruit and contains the highest flavor and fragrance of any everbearer. Planted in the spring mara des bois will produce fruit during the summer into the fall.
To create a matted row system plant your mara des bois 12 24in apart in rows that are 48in apart. A full sun lover this plant is best grown in fertile moist well drained soils. Berries have an attractive red color with a high gloss. Mara des bois strawberry was developed by a french breeding program.
Despite various claims mara des bois is not a wild strawberry or an antique variety. This variety produces small to medium fruit and contains the highest flavor and fragrance of any everbearer. Mara des bois are a variety of everbearing strawberry that produces small to medium sized fruit about the size of an acorn. Planted in the spring mara des bois will produce fruit during the summer into the fall.
Berries have an attractive red color with a high gloss. Soak roots in lukewarm water two hours before planting.