A Fragaria × vescana hybrid with repeated cropping behavior inherited from the day-neutral strawberry parent Fern. Origin: The Dept. of Horticultural Plant Breeding–Balsgård, Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences, by Karin Trajkovski. (Fern × tetraploid F. vesca) × (F861502). Tetraploid F. vesca were produced at Balsgård by doubling the chromosomes of wild plants from the province of Scania in south Sweden; F861502 is a strawberry selection from Balsgård with Lina, Cruz and Honeoye in its pedigree. Rebecka is a decaploid. Cross made in 1991; selected in 1993; tested as 9152003; named and released in 1998. Tree: Compact; good winter hardiness; produces small number of strong fruit producing runners. Good resistance to common leaf diseases in Sweden,. Plants available from the Swedish Elite Plant Station. Fruit: medium size; primary fruit are kidney shaped, later fruit are rounder; runners also produce fruit; orange to brick red; somewhat soft; excellent flavor like that of wild F. vesca; ripens first crop earlier than Honeoye, repeat crops come very early. Pick your own and home garden uses.
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