Short-day cultivar adapted to protected culture and open fields, Northern Italy. Origin: CRA-Unità di Ricerca per la Frutticoltura, Forlì, Italy and ‘‘Top Quality’’ projects by W. Faedi, G. Baruzzi, P. Lucchi, and P. Sbrighi. Complex pedigree including Alba, Brighton, Cesena, Darselect, and Tribute, crossed 2004; selected in Cesena, Italy, 2006; tested as FC 04.256.32; USPP 24,511; 3 June 2014. Tree: vigorous; yield very high, 1,200 g/plant; globose, density medium; flowers at canopy; soil-borne pathogen tolerance moderate; non-fumigated soil adaption good; susceptibility to anthracnose fruit and crown rot (Colletotrichum acutatum), bacterial angular leaf spot, powdery mildew and Botrytis fruit rot moderate. Fruit: glossy, orange-red, tough; large, 28.2 g; variable, irregular, long conic; flesh moderately firm, flavor mild, 6.9% SS; 9.7 meq TA; achenes at surface; early midseason.
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