Origin: in Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada, by D.L. Craig, A.R. Jamieson, and K.A. Sanford, Agr. Canada Res. Sta. K72-4 × [Micmac × (Guardsman × Tioga)]; cross made in 1975; selected by D.L. Craig in 1976; tested as K76-3; introd. in 1984. Tree: moderate to high yielding; vigorous; abundant but not excessive runners; mediumlength scapes; moderately resistant to susceptible to powdery mildew and to verticillium wilt; moderately resistant to botrytis fruit rot and to A-6, the most common race of the red stele causal organism, Phvtophthora fragariae, in Atlantic Canada; susceptible to June yellows. Fruit: large to very large primaries and mediumsize secondaries; firm; glossy medium-to deep red external color except white under calyx; medium-red internal color with white fibro-vascular bundles; globose conic to short wedge shape; calyx moderately difficult to remove; tart flavor. Ripens midto late season; fresh-market use.
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