Narrative
Fruit: Large primaries, medium-sized secondaries; medium firm; light to medium-red external and internal color; primaries conic, secondaries globose to globose-conic, secondaries globose to globose conic; primaries have reflexed calyx, secondaries and later have repressed calyx, calyx moderately difficult to remove, early flowering, and ripening, fresh-market use. Plant: vigorous; abundant, but not excessive runners, small crowns, medium length scapes. Susceptible to powdery mildew, moderately resistant to verticilium wilt, highly resistant to races A-4, A-6, and A-7 of the red stele causal oranism, Phytophthora fragariae; moderate yield where red stele is not present and high yield where it is, winter hardy in Atlantic Canada.The Brooks and Olmo Register of Fruit and nut Varieties. p. 671. APS Press, 1997.An early-season, productive cultivar introduced by Agriculture Canada, Kentville, Nova Scotia. The berries are large, firm, medium red and glossy with good flavor. Annapolis is good as a frozen pack. Plants runner freely and are vigorous, winter-hardy, susceptible to mildew but tolerant to red stele. The cultivar is recommended for limited early production for pick-your-own sales and the fresh market.Dale et al. 1992
D. L. Craig, A. R. Jaimeson, K. A. Stanford and N. L. Nickerson cultivar release; cross made in 1977, selected in 1978, introduced in 1984
WHY NAMED= good fruit, fair resistance, winterhardy in Atlantic, Canada
NAMED FOR= Annapolis-Royal, Nova Scotia