Sparkle

We're a small greenhouse/nursery business in N. Central Oregon and are expanding into a possible U-pick berry business as well. We ordered the Sparkle strawberries because of the positive reviews and the fact that we could propagate and sell the plants in the nursery. The 500 plants we ordered arrived in good condition and with root systems that were well beyond my expectations. We planted later than we should have, in early July, and put 480 plants into the field, and the rest, including the few extra that Nourse sent, into 1 gallon pots so that we would have plants to replace those that we lost in the field, fully expecting to. It turns out our fears were unfounded as out of all 500+ plants we lost ZERO. Not one single plant died. That is a clear testament to the quality of the plants we received, and the condition they were in when we got them. I can't comment on the berries, as I won't know that until next year, but I will say that as growers ourselves, we are very impressed with Nourse Farms. We will definitely buy from them again, probably next spring when we add more kinds of berries, and I have no reservations whatsoever about recommending them to anyone needing their products.

Canyon Gardens Nursery
Commercial Grower
Zone 6
07/11/2022

Plants arrived in perfect condition and all of them survived after planting. Very healthy plants.

Judy Z
Home Grower
Zone 6
07/08/2022

I planted these along with Rutgers Scarlett, Flavorfest, Cabot, Mara des Bois, and Charlotte (not carried by nourse). These are the tastiest berries along with the Mara des Bois, although they're larger berries than Mara des Bois in general. Flavorfest is almost as good when fully ripe if not a tiny bit more tart, Cabot is similar, Charlotte is more sweet than sour, and Scarlett is a little more on the tart side if not fully ripe. Don't get me wrong, all of them put store bought to shame.... but as far as overall strawberry flavor, these take the cake. Now if only their berries were as big as Cabot's..... I did notice a little bit of what may be leaf disease, but overall very vigorous plants.

Avid Wyoming Gardener
Home Grower
Zone 5
07/24/2020

I planted these late, they were dry from being stored too long in my shed, and I lost all but 9 of 25 plants put in the ground, my own fault. After a HOT June and July, we got rain and cooler temps for most of August, and Sparkle put out more than enough runners to fill in the bed to replace the lost plants. Will harvest judiciously next year so I don't stress the new plants, but I am more than pleased. Will not order from any other company but Nourse from now on.

RusticFarmer
Home Grower
Zone 6
09/02/2018

I live in a very short growing season that is zone 2 - 3 and our latest frost can be June 15 and the first frost can be August 15. I only get berries for about 2 to 3 weeks. I am delighted to get any berries with our short growing season. These berries are absolutely delicious. They are red all the way through. Some of my berries this year were huge - - like the ones in the store, but the taste was so much better. I replace my plants about every three years because we have such a harsh climate. These are excellent.

Mary
Home Grower
Zone 3
08/23/2018

Berries grew fast very full flavored easy to manage the plants . The only thing that I didn’t care for was the size and that was my fault I needed to select a larger strawberry to plant . Overall thrill with everything from purchasing ,planting ,mainting or caring for the plants and of course eating

Rob M
Home Grower
Zone 6
08/16/2018