A June-bearing cultivar with medium to large fruit size and high yields that is well adapted to the environmental conditions of Poland. Origin: Research Institute of Pomology and Floriculture, Skierniewice, Poland by E. Zurawicz. Elsanta × Dukat; cross made in 1986; selected in 1988; tested as K-1015 in 1989–93 and later as ISS 494. In 1998, placed in the Polish Register of Cultivated Plants. Tree: June-bearer; greater yield than Elsanta; compact plant with a round growth habit; vigorous. Moderately susceptible to verticillium wilt, resistant to powdery mildew and common leaf spot. Highly tolerant to winter frosts. Fruit: larger than Senga Sengana and similar to Elsanta; slightly less firm than Elsanta; wide conic or globose conic; external and internal color bright red, similar to Elsanta; very glossy; achenes yellow to red and even with the fruit surface or slightly indented; good flavor; high contents of vitamin C; fresh-market, processing and home-garden uses.
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