A high-yielding, winter hardy, midseason, short-day cultivar adapted to cold climates. Origin: Univ. of Minnesota, by D.K. Wildung, G.J. Galletta, and J.J. Luby. Glooscap × MNUS 99; cross made in 1986; selected in 1988 at Univ. of Minnesota. North Central Research and Outreach Center at Grand Rapids, Minn.; tested as MNUS 248. USPP 111116. Tree: short-day; moderate vigor and runner production; yield has been high, similar to Glooscap. Moderate resistance to leaf spot and powdery mildew and moderate to high resistance to leaf scorch, susceptible to leaf blight. Resistant to 5 eastern North American races of Phytophthora fragariae Hickman (Races A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4, and A-6). Susceptible to iron chlorosis induced by high pH soils (pH 7.5–8.0) and to black root rot associated with Rhizoctonia spp. and Pythium spp. Very winter tolerant; seldom has exhibited symptoms of winter injury in Minnesota. Good for home garden, u-pick, and on-farm sales. Fruit: same maturity season as Glooscap, Kent, Cavendish, and Jewel; similar in size to Glooscap and Kent and smaller than Cavendish and Jewel; flavor is well balanced between sugars and acids with a characteristic strawberry aroma; flesh is moderately firm with a consistent, creamy, melting mouthfeel; skin is glossy and of medium toughness; skin tends to weaken but not darken in hot weather; flesh color is uniform dark red through the fruit except for whitish vascular cylinder; blunt-wedge or blunt-conic shape with large shoulders on primary berries to blunt-conic on the secondary and tertiary berries.
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