| 0 | PI 551652 | 'Headliner' | Fragaria ×ananassa Duchesne ex Rozier | Louisiana, United States | COR |  | Not Available | 1984 | DEVELOPED | 1957 | | | | | Cultivar | Fruit: medium to large, 30-50% larger than those of older varieties grown in Louisiana, blunt conic, skin medium bright red, glossy, attractive for fresh market, flesh medium light red, juicy, mildly subscid, firm, quality good, seeds medium small, slightly sunken, processing superior to leading commercial varieties, not being grown in the area of intorduction, begins fruiting early in the season and bears until late in the spring or early summer, being early March through early June at Baton Rouge, picking qualities excellent, shipping qualities good. Plant: vigorous, very productive, produces runners freely, susceptible to bird eye spot, resistant to leaf spot, flower perfect.Brooks and Olmo, 1972.Headliner was bred by P.L. Hawthorne and J. C. Miller of the Louisiana State University, and was introduced in 1957. It quickly replaced the Klonmore because of its early ripening, larger berries and more productive, leaf-spot reistant plants. Limitations: it is subject to leaf variegation and is being replaced, in part, by Dabreak with its still larger, fine-flavored berries. It is not adapted north of Louisiana.G. Darrow. 1966. The Strawberry. p. 155.
P. L. Hawthorne, Dr. Julian C. Miller, and W. F. Wilson J. L. Horn, and W. A. Sistrunk cultivar release. cross made in 1949, selected in 1951, tested as La. L-0-188 introduced in 1957
Cultivar Synonym= La.-0-188
WHY NAMED= attractive for fresh market and processing
NAMED FOR= the headlines produced by quality berries | 1446624 | PI 551652 |