Corvallis, Ore., as a cultivar for high-quality processing strawberry production.The Pacific Northwest strawberry industry produces primarily for processing, and there is a need to improve the quality of the product if the region is to remain competitive.'Redcrest' has the color and texture to provide excellent sliced or individually quick-

Additional index words.Fragaria ×ananassa, fruit breeding, disease resistance good-flavored fruit that can be used for processing or local fresh market and home gardening.'Redgem' is especially suited for individually quick-frozen (IQF) processing, i.e., entire fruits are frozen.'Bountiful' fruit is brightly colored and possesses good processing qualities.It is suitable for machine harvesting with potentially high yields of late-season, ripe fruit from single harvests. Origin'Redgem', tested as ORUS 4459, was selected in 1972 from the cross 'Benton' x ORUS 3596 (Fig. 1).'Bountiful' originated from the cross 'Linn' x 'Totem' (Fig. 2) and was selected in 1972 and tested as ORUS 4688.Yield data were obtained from replicated 1-and 2-year-old plots at Aurora, Ore., in 1987-88, and incompletely replicated plots at Puyallup, Wash., in 1985-87.Disease testing occurred in the USDA red stele testing program at Corvallis and in field trials at Aurora and Corvallis.Chemical property and sensory evaluations were performed by the Food Science and Technology Dept. at OSU.

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