A June bearing cultivar adapted to the Po Valley environmental conditions, producing fruit of high organoleptic quality. 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 B Forlì Section. Miss × USB 35 (breeding line from the USDA–ARS, Beltsville); cross made in 1994; selected in 1996 by W. Faedi, G. Baruzzi (ISF-Forlì) and P. Lucchi (CRPV B Cesena); tested as 94.568.2; introduced in 2003 (CPVO application nE 2003/1550). Tree: short day type producing fruit in early season with a similar cropping season to Miss; medium vigor; good resistance to Colletotrichum acutatum, Alternaria alternata, Sphaerotheca macularis; tolerant to soilborne pathogens; susceptible to leaf spot and Xanthomonas fragariae. Fruit: very regular conical or conic-rounded shape; very bright red; very firm skin and flesh; good flavor (high sugar-acid balance) and aroma.
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