A late season, short-day cultivar adapted to the northern Italy. Origin: Italian National Project “Frutticoltura”, Cesena, Italy, by W. Faedi and G. Baruzzi (CRA-Istituto Sperimentale per la Frutticoltura–Forlì Section), M. Baudino and R. Giordano (Consorzio di Ricerca Sperimentazione e Divulgazione per l’Ortofrutticoltura Piemontese – Cuneo), P. Lucchi (Centro Ricerche Produzioni Vegetali-Cesena). Idea × Marmolada; cross made in 1992; selected in Cesena in 1994; tested as 92.340.3; released in 2005; EU PVR pending. Tree: vigorous; good yield; well adapted to organic culture, un-fumigated soils, and poor soils; tolerant to anthracnose crown rot and powdery mildew; susceptible to leaf scorch and angular leaf spot. Fruit: large, symmetric conic shape; medium-firm skin, very bright orange-red; medium firm flesh; good organoleptic characteristics; high ascorbic acid content.
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