A June-bearing cultivar adapted to the Po Valley environmental conditions, producing large and highly attractive fruits. Origin: in Cesena (Po Valley), Italy, from the public breeding activity of the Italian National Project “Frutticoltura,” mainly financed by the Ministry of Agriculture, and coordinated by W. Faedi–Istituto Sperimentale per la Frutticoltura–Forlì Section. Sel. 83.52.1 × Marmolada®Onebor; cross made in 1989; selected in 1991; tested as 89.232.14; introd. in 1998. Tree: short-day type producing fruit in medium-late season; yield similar to Marmolada®Onebor, but needs an earlier planting date; medium vigor; good tolerance to soilborne pathogens, Alternaria alternata and Colletotrichum acutatum; susceptible to Xanthomonas fragariae. Fruit: larger and firmer than Marmolada®Onebor; conic shape or rounded-conic; very tough skin; orange-red color, brighter than Marmolada®Onebor; small achenes are red and slightly embedded; medium flavor; fresh-market uses.
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