In Brazil the strawberry plant has been grown on a domestic scale in kitchen gardens for quite a number of years. As a commercial crop, however, it is of fairly recent date. In the states of Rio Grande do Sul and São Paulo, this crop has already attained a decisive level of importance. At the Central Experiment Station "Theodureto de Camargo", in Campinas, since 1941, and at the Experiment Station Monte Alegre, as from 1952 onward, not less than 48 varieties and 1,600 seedlings were studied, the latter being hybrids obtained locally or introduced from other countries. A new series of strawberry variety trials was carried out from 1960 through 1962 at the Monte Alegre Experiment Station, on massape soil type, where experiments with the 13 best varieties had the purpose to compare results with those of variety Dr. Morère I-699. The results allowed the following conclusions: a) variety Monte Alegre IAC-3113, recently introduced by Instituto Agronômico de Campinas, showed vigorous plants, very productive, statistically superior over all studied varieties; the berries are medium to large, globose-conic, glossy, dark red, attractive and of good quality; b) variety Campinas IAC-2712, introduced in 1959, showed vigorous plants, productive, statistically superior to Dr. Morère, but the foliage is susceptible to leaf spot. The berries are large, conical, glossy, medium red, attractive and of very good quality; the fruit maintain their size throughout the season; c) variety IAC-2747, introduced in 1952, had vigorous plants, productive, statistically superior to Dr. Morère, and shows no difference compared to Campinas IAC-2712; the berries are large, globose-conic, medium red, and of median quality; d) variety Dr. Morère I-699, the most cultivated variety in the State of São Paulo and introduced in this state probably from France about 50 years ago, shows plants of medium vigor, not very productive. The berries are medium, conical, glossy, medium red, and of very good quality; the fruit do not keep their size throughout the season; the foliage is susceptible to leaf spot.