Cultivation
Musk strawberry have long been in cultivation in parts of Europe. This species was the first strawberry of any sort with a cultivar name, which was Le Chapiron (1576). By 1591, the cultivar was called Chapiton, then later Capiton. In the early 17 Century an illustration appeared in the Hortus Eystettensis as fraga fructu magno. It was mentioned by Quintinye, gardener to Louis XIV, as Capron in 1672. At the beginning of the 19th Century musk strawberries were the most common garden strawberry in Germany.
Cultivation of musk strawberries is not very different from that of garden strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) or alpine strawberry (Fragaria vesca); the plants thrive in nutrient-rich soils. However, neither female plants nor hermaphrodite plants are self-fertile; they require pollen transfer from a male or a different hermaphrodite clone (or cultivar) of the same species, which is usually achieved by insect pollinators.
Cultivars:
- 'Capron royal', hermaphrodite
- 'Askungen' (Truedsson) hermaphrodite
- 'Marie Charlotte' (Hans) hermaphrodite
- 'Bauwens', female
- Fragaria moschata 'Capron)', female
- 'Profumata di Tortona', female
- 'Siegerland', female
- 'Cotta', male
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