Fruit growing
and viticulture of South Russia

Annotation

The results of determination of frozen strawberry quality grown under various soil management systems are presented. It was found out that soil mulching had a negative effect on the content of dry soluble substances, sugars and organic acids of berries. Juice-retention ability of the berries. correlates with the amount of dry soluble substances in them before freezing, and in turn with the soil management. Frozen Honey strawberries grown without mulching had a high juice-retention ability.