A mid-late, cold-hardy, and very productive strawberry for protected culture whose fruit mature slowly and which has excellent shipping ability. Origin: CIREF (France), near Bergerac, by P. Roudeillac. Belrubi × Allstar; cross made in 1989; selected in 1990; tested as CF 89.26.267; introd. in 1996. French plant patent CPOV 13977. E.C. plant patent 96-1052. Tree: flat, dark green leaves; big flowers with good pollen quality; yield similar to Elsanta; easily picked; slow runnering; seldom exhibits symptoms of winter injury in France. Tolerant to verticillium wilt and powdery mildew; moderate susceptibility to Phytophthora cactorum and to Colletotrichum acutatum; susceptible to Botrytis cinerea. Fruit: elongated; conical; regular shape; achenes sometimes slightly extend from the surface; brick red but darkens; very large; very high skin firmness; flavor medium to good; ripens mid-late, very good shelf life; shipping and fresh-market uses.
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