[Wayward_Colonial]

Just wanted to start off saying hey. I'm a gardener from USA. I was hoping yall could help point me in the right direction.

So I've been looking to add a strawberry patch to my garden and in doing some research the Royal sovereign variety seems to be what I want as it's an old cultivar with as if read amazing flavor.
The trouble is that it is impossible to find anyone growing them in US or Canada
And from what I've seen not very many places in the UK sell them. The ones who do sadly don't ship outside UK.

I was wondering why does it seem that such an amazing strawberry has such limited regional and global distribution. Is it particularly hard to grow or is its quality over stated? Or just a nich plant that only some people are interested in?

Sorry for the long winded first post. Hope yall are having a great weekend.

[hasbeans]

I pulled this from a retailers site:
'not a heavy cropper but a gold medal for flavour. Needs regular spraying for Mildew and other diseases. Difficult but still superb when grown well.'

Perhaps the moderate harvest combined with being more prone to pathogens than modern cultivars just makes it a less attractive crop? 

[Goosegirl]

I once grew them but they weren't that prolific. May I recommend Elegance as a big fruiter with a great taste. There's also Marie du Bois which is also a good one. I have both here. 

[Nobbie]

I think it’s just been superceeded by better varieties. In its day it was outstanding, but you can now find better varieties that taste just as good if you avoid the big commercial varieties like Elsanta which are grown for looks and yield. I don’t know if you have Malwina available over their, but that is an great taste and texture, maybe not as bountiful as others, but top quality fruits.

[AnneB]

I'd recommend Honeyoye, which I believe is available in the U.S.   Lovely flavour.